Acute Appendicitis (low) 129A
Ulceration of the mucosa (follow intact epithelium in the image until it breaks down- that's the ulcer) with an inflammatory exudate extending into the lumen. The prurulent material is largely polymorphonuclear leukocytes and cell debris.
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