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Lung with Tuberculosis

Our monthly object for October is this portion of lung showing tuberculosis. This particular specimen comes from a person who had bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis for 15 years. On the specimen you can see that it has been deeply pigmented by carbon. This object is part of Knox collection.

Lung with Tuberculosis
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