Multiple Myeloma (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Multiple Myeloma

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Histological image of multiple myeloma in bone marrow: Degenerated plasma cells are stained purple. The image shows that they have almost completely displaced healthy cells. The large white cavities are artefacts caused by fixation of the tissue sample.

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© Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg

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