Journal article
Pigment resembling atmospheric dust in Peyer's patches.
Abstract
Terminal ileal pigmentation was observed during colonoscopy, in surgically resected specimens, and autopsy cases. Microscopically, black pigment was seen within macrophages in the lamina propria and submucosa, closely related to the Peyer's patches. Three ilia from autopsies with no macroscopic pigmentation showed deposits following digestion and X-ray microanalysis. X-ray microanalysis of tissue sections and digestates revealed a heterogenous …
Authors
Urbanski SJ; Arsenault AL; Green FH; Haber G
Journal
Modern Pathology, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 222–226
Publication Date
May 1989
ISSN
0893-3952