FIGURE 3  Photomicrograph of the small-bowel mucosa and submucosa of a patient with Crohn's disease of the small bowel.

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A patient with anemia of obscure origin: Crohn's disease in disguise

Elena Dubcenco, Khursheed N Jeejeebhoy, Cathy J Streutker, Arthur H Zalev, M Bernadette Garvey, Young-In Kim and Jeffrey P Baker

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology (2006) 3, 229-233
doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0449

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Figure 3.  Photomicrograph of the small-bowel mucosa and submucosa of a patient with Crohn's disease of the small bowel.

The mucosa contains moderate acute and chronic inflammation with reactive changes in the epithelial cells. A fissuring ulcer is evident centrally, extending into the muscularis mucosa. Pyloric metaplasia is noted focally (black arrow) (hemotoxylin and eosin, times50).

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