Fig. 5. Liver biopsy specimen in our patient.

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Category: Abdominal Imaging, Region: Abdomen-Liver, Plane: Other

TECHNIQUE: Microscopic image after Periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) staining. FINDINGS: A) Aggregates of epithelioid histiocytes with regular margins forming multiple non-caseating granulomas within the portal tract as well as in the periportal areas of the liver. Short arrow: normal liver tissue. Long arrow: granuloma. B) Close view of a granuloma: aggregates of epithelioid cells, which fuse together to form multinucleated giant cells (long arrow). SOURCE: Department of Pathology, Deventer ziekenhuis (DZ), Deventer, The Netherlands, 2020.