Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Wound Healing of the Septal Mucosa of the Rat

Figure 10

Histopathological images showing infiltrative eosinophils scattered in nasal mucosa; (a) represents the control group, while (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) present the eosinophils infiltration at 2, 5, 14, 28, and, respectively, 48 days subsequent to injury. Eosinophils with characteristic orange-red granular content are indicated by the arrows; the asterisks indicate the nasal respiratory mucosa; Luna’s stain for eosinophils, Obx100; scale bar = 50 μm.

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