Stromal lymphocytes - coloured

2025

C-print, 82× 50 cm

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Colour-enhanced, transmission electron micrograph of a mass of small lymphocytes in the conjunctiva of a patient with an autoimmune ulceration of the cornea.

The cells have large nuclei and numerous mitochondria. A centriole can be seen towards the centre left of the centre top cell. Collagen fibrils (green) are visible in the stroma between the cells. courtesy Wellcome Collection