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From: Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children with refractory diarrhoea and hypoalbuminaemia as the initial presentation: two case reports and a literature review

Fig. 2

Endoscopic images for the first patient. (A, B) Erosion and ulcerations of the mucosa, as well as narrowing of the duodenum, through which a 5.8-mm diameter endoscope was able to pass. (C–E) Multiple, white-tipped villi resembling snowflakes in the small intestinal mucosa (the descending part of the duodenum to the beginning of the jejunum and distal ileum). (F) Mucosal swelling and erosions of the mucosa of the ileocecal valve. (G, H) Multiple haemorrhagic spots and oedema were observed in the colonic mucosa, extending from the ascending colon

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