Fig. 6
From: Differentiating gastrointestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease- a comprehensive review
Histopathological examination of resected ileocecal specimen depicting many epithelioid cell granulomas throughout the intestinal wall (A, Hematoxylin and Eosin stain, 40x). Epithelioid cell granulomas are large with lymphocytic cuffing and Langhan’s type multinucleate giant cells (B, Hematoxylin and Eosin stain, 200x). Microscopy of ileal biopsy of one of our case showing ulceration of lining with many epithelioid histiocytes, necrosis (C, Hematoxylin and Eosin stain, 200x) and numerous acid fast bacilli (D, Ziehl Neelsen’s stain, Oil immersion)