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Fig. 4

From: Intravascular ultrasound imaging of isolated and non aorto-ostial coronary Takayasu arteritis: a case report

Fig. 4

Histopathologic findings of the lesion obtained by the directional coronary atherectomy. Although the histopathologic findings of almost all specimens that retrieved by directional coronary atherectomy at the first coronary intervention revealed an intense fibrous intimal thickening without atheroma (a: Hematoxylin and eosin stain, b: Elastica masson stain), an accumulation of inflammatory cells with granuloma was observed in a small section of specimens obtained at the second directional coronary atherectomy (c: Hematoxylin and eosin stain, d: High-power field)

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