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Lung tissue of a rat from the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease group, which exhibited lesions, characterized by a thinned alveolar wall, ruptured alveolar septa, enlarged and deformed alveoli, and formation of bullae due to alveolar fusion. Hematoxylin and eosin staining; moderate magnification (×100).
