Acute Infarct of Colon x10
Acute Infarct of Colon x10

Infarcted tissue is diffusely infiltrated by polys(black arrow)
Junction of necrotic and viable tissue is sharp
While the infarcted mucosa is totally necrotic the muscularis mucosa(green arrow) is still viable confirming the greater susceptibility of the mucosa to ischemic insult
(Description By:Martin Nadel, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:Martin Nadel, M.D. UCHC )