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The path of a large tortuous vein is shown after image contrast enhancement (yellow stars). A smaller venous structure is shown draining into the larger tortuous vein (yellow arrow). The smallest visualized structures, between 15 and 30 μm, form a dense vasculature mesh surrounding the large vessels. Light and dark striations of unknown origin are also seen (blue arrow). Bar = 500 μm.
