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(Created page with "'''Staining''': HE '''Organ''': Lymph node '''Description''': Secondary lymphoid follicles can be seen, indicating that this is a lymph node. Blackish pigment can be seen in parts of the slide. '''Diagnosis''': Anthracosis of lymph node '''Causes''': * Living in urban surroundings * Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis '''Theory''': Anthracosis is an asymptomatic disease that can be seen in to some extent in anyone who lives in urban surroundings, due to air pollution....")
 
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'''Staining''': HE
[[File:Anthracosis in the lymph node - overview.jpg|thumb|Prepare for a weird-looking slide.|471x471px]]'''Staining''': HE


'''Organ''': Lymph node
'''Organ''': Lymph node
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What’s important to know about this slide is that the pigment is only found inside macrophages in the lymph nodes and not anywhere else. These macrophages are in the sinus-spaces in the lymph nodes.
What’s important to know about this slide is that the pigment is only found inside macrophages in the lymph nodes and not anywhere else. These macrophages are in the sinus-spaces in the lymph nodes.
[[File:Anthracosis in the lymph node - overview.jpg|center|thumb|Prepare for a weird-looking slide.]]
[[File:Anthracosis in the lymph node - secondary lymphatic follicle.jpg|thumb|A secondary lymphatic follicle.|left]]
[[File:Anthracosis in the lymph node - secondary lymphatic follicle.jpg|center|thumb|A secondary lymphatic follicle.]]
[[File:Anthracosis in the lymph node - black pigment.jpg|center|thumb|Black pigment inside macrophages.]]
[[File:Anthracosis in the lymph node - black pigment.jpg|center|thumb|Black pigment inside macrophages.]]
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]