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. 2018 Oct 26:499–515. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805306-5.00020-1

Figure 20.16.

Figure 20.16

Capillaria hepatica in the liver of a free-ranging Norway rat.

(A) Multiple liver lobes contain locally extensive tortuous, white nematode tracks. (B) Adult nematodes and eggs replace the liver parenchyma. The eggs are characteristically bioperculate. Inflammation is lymphoplasmacytic to granulomatous and may be associated with fibrosis in chronic infections.