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From: Cardiovascular flukes (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae) in Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758 from the Mediterranean Sea

Fig. 2

a Heart and great vessels. Small proliferative plaques are visible on the supravalvular region on the intima of a great vessel in a specimen of C. caretta infected with Hapalotrema mistroides. b Heart, atrium (HE). Raised irregular plaques of severe chronic endocarditis and extensive fibroplasia with multifocal areas of undetermined mesenchymal cells surrounding some eggs (inset). Abbreviation: HE, Haematoxylin and eosin. Scale-bars: a, 1 cm; b, 290 μm (inset: 135 μm)

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