Monday, August 24, 2015

Acute Suppurative Appendicitis under the Microscope

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. This condition afflicts approximately seven percent of Americans at some point in their lives. Incidence of appendicitis is lower in regions of the world where dietary fiber is consumed in greater amounts than in the US.

Suppurative appendicitis has traditionally been considered a later stage of appendicitis, in which bacteria and inflammatory fluids accumulated in the lumen of the appendix enter the wall of the structure and subsequently cause intense pain.

The images below of acute suppurative appendicitis were captured with the Fein Optic RB30 biological microscope using a High Definition microscope camera.

Appendicitis captured with RB30 microscope and HD camera at 40x magnification.
Suppurative appendicitis captured with the RB30 microscope & HD microscopy camera at 40x.

Appendicitis captured under the Fein Optic RB30 lab microscope using the HD microscopy camera at 100x.
Suppurative appendicitis captured with the RB30 microscope & HD microscopy camera at 100x.

Appendicitis captured with the Fein Optic RB30 microscope at 400x using the HDCAM4 HD microscope camera.
Suppurative appendicitis captured with the RB30 microscope & HD microscopy camera at 400x.

Microscope image of appendix captured at 400x using RB30 lab microscope at HD microscopy camera.
Suppurative appendicitis captured with RB30 microscope & HD microscopy camera at 400x using Plan Apo Fluor Lens