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Washington University Experience | VASCULAR | Infarct - Subacute | Aneurysm, coiled, infarct, subacute (Case 3) N14 H&E 3
3B4,5 Vacuolation of cortical layers 2 and 3 ae prominent at low magnification but higher magnification images show pan-laminar damage. The cortex contains shrunken eosinophilic neurons, reactive astrocytes and scattered foamy macrophages (the old literature called them “gitter cells” and “compound granular corpuscles”). (H&E)
