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. 2014 Sep 30;18(12):2478–2487. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.12437

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Fig. 1 — Stromal cells in enteric wall tattooed with India ink. (A) Characteristics of stromal cells (arrows) and macrophages (arrow-heads) in the submucosa with engulfed pigmented particles in an haematoxylin and eosin stained section. Note that the intracellular pigment in some stromal cells shows a linear distribution drawing their processes. (B) Detail of a stromal cell (arrow) and a macrophage (arrowhead) with endocytozed particles. (C) A bipolar CD34+ phTC with intracellular pigment (arrows) in submucosa. (D–F) bipolar and Multipolar CD34+ phTCs with intracellular pigment (arrows) between SMCs of muscular propria (D and E) and myenteric plexus ganglia (F).