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From: Hemozoin “knobs” in Opisthorchis felineus infected liver

Fig. 1

Histological analysis of the liver of Opisthorchis felineus infected hamster. Macrophotograph of the liver of Opisthorchis felineus infected hamster at (a) 5, (b) 24 and (c) 48 weeks postinfection. The black-brown pigment (hemozoin) forms the increasing hemozoin knobs. Histological analysis evidenced the hemozoin congestions in (d) small bile duct, hematoxylin and eosin staining (×400), (e) gallbladder wall and polypoid lesions of the gallbladder, hematoxylin and eosin staining (×200) and (f) O. felineus gut, hematoxylin and eosin staining (×400)

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