Fig. 3 From: Emergency laparoscopic ileo-colic resection and primary intracorporeal anastomosis for Crohn’s acute ileitis with free perforation and faecal peritonitis: first ever reported laparoscopic treatmentSurgical resection specimen pathology assessment. (a) (b) Gross examination of the surgical resection specimen showing Crohn's Disease macroscopic features: fibrotic and stenotic small bowel with creeping mesenteric fat, thickened wall and mucosal ulcerations and fissurations; (c) Histopathologic examination of the surgical resection specimen showing Crohn's Disease microscopic features with deep inflammatory infiltrate, mucosal ulcerations and multiple lymphoid aggregatesBack to article page