Open Pathology Project/Tuberculosis of intestine

Intestinal tuberculosis is a type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis where Mycobacterium infection is present in the intestine.

The lamina propria is stuffed with wall-to-wall histiocytes. This Kinyoun carbolfuchsin stain shows innumerable acid-fast bacilli.

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• Category: Histopatology of gastrointestinal tuberculosis
• Structured data: depicts gastrointestinal tuberculosis