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. 2020 Nov 3;9(1):1290. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.1290

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Haematoxylin and eosin staining of lung tissue samples from a 38 year old male patient presumed to have COVID-19 (37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana, April 2020). Case 1: (a) Autolytic changes with bacterial colonization in the smaller airways (blue arrows) ×100. Diffuse alveolar damage is noted with hyaline membrane formation (green arrows) ×100. (b) Higher magnification showing hyaline membrane (black arrows) and alveolar macrophages (blue arrow) ×400. (c) Diffuse alveolar damage with prominent hyaline membrane formation (black arrow) ×100. (d) Hyaline membrane formation (black arrows) ×400. (e) Pneumonic changes with mixed inflammatory cells exudate (blue arrow). Hyaline membrane (black arrow) ×100. (f) Area of microthrombi in smaller pulmonary capillaries ×400.