53 - Small intestine: Leukemia

PDF icon Descriptive Card    PDF icon Log Book Entry

Rodin Number: 48
E Number: 165
Donor: Ross and Osler
Date: unknown
Size (H x W cm): 25.5 x 8

The specimen consists of a 25 cm segment of small bowel with innumerable 1 mm mucosal nodules (enlarged view).

Pathology specimen

Comment

No clinical or additional pathologic information is available. Although the nodules could represent mucosal infiltration by leukemic cells, their uniform size suggests that they are more likely prominent lymphoid aggregates (Peyer's patches).

Back to top