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Washington University Experience | METABOLIC | Kernicterus | 9B2 Kernicterus (Case 9) N13 H&E 40X with AlzII
9B2-4 Microscopic sections from the basal ganglia and thalami show vacuolation of the neurons, edema and scattered activated microglia, rare hemosiderin laden histiocytes, Alzheimer type 2 astrocytes and apoptotic neurons. Is this the microscopic pathology of kernicterus in this child or the metabolic and hypoxic/ischemic pathology accompanying the complex environment in this patient.
