2.4 POJA-L1076
Title: Calcified bacterial plaque in palatine tonsil (gut-associated lymphatic tissue, GALT) (human)
Description: Stain: Azan.
A tonsillar crypt lined by squamous epithelium (2) that is infiltrated with lymphocytes (1). It is a normal finding that within the crypts free cells, plugs of lymphocytes (1) and calcified epithelial debris as well as colonies of oral commensally bacteria are present. (3) Shows a calcified bacterial plaque or salivary stone in the crypt.
Keywords/Mesh: lymphatic tissue, palatine tonsil, bacteria, bacterial plaque, histology, POJA collection
Title: Calcified bacterial plaque in palatine tonsil (gut-associated lymphatic tissue, GALT) (human)
Description: Stain: Azan.
A tonsillar crypt lined by squamous epithelium (2) that is infiltrated with lymphocytes (1). It is a normal finding that within the crypts free cells, plugs of lymphocytes (1) and calcified epithelial debris as well as colonies of oral commensally bacteria are present. (3) Shows a calcified bacterial plaque or salivary stone in the crypt.
Keywords/Mesh: lymphatic tissue, palatine tonsil, bacteria, bacterial plaque, histology, POJA collection