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Description: High magnification micrograph of senile cardiac amyloidosis. Movat stain (black = nuclei, elastic fibres; yellow = collagen, reticular fibers; blue = ground substance, mucin; bright red = fibrin; red = muscle). Autopsy specimen. The micrograph shows amyloid (extracellular muddy brown material - right of image), abundant lipofuscin (dark red granular material) and myocardial fibrosis (yellow - left of image). Related images Intermed. mag. (H&E). High mag. (H&E). Very high mag. (H&E). Intermed. mag. (congo red). High mag. (congo red). Very high mag. (congo red). Very high mag. (Movat's stain).
Title: Cardiac amyloidosis very high mag movat
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