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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 4, August 2010, pages 198-200

A Case of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Blue sclera of patient.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. (a) Macroscopic specimen of perforated bowel; (b) Transverse section of large bowel immunostained for smooth muscle actin (SMA) with positive brown staining for SMA in muscularis mucosae, thick layer of circular and longitudinal muscle in area away from the area of perforation; (c) Transverse section of caecal large bowel from patient showing preserved muscularis mucosa muscle with total absence of the circular and longitudinal muscle fibres in the wall.