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== Clinical Summary ==
This 71-year-old male was admitted to the hospital with dry gangrene of the left great toe. Subsequently, he was found to have a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the left upper lobe of the lung. He developed a perforation of a duodenal ulcer with generalized peritonitis and died five days after admission.
== Images ==
File:IPLab4AtheromatousEmboli6.jpg|A mesenteric artery also had an atherosclerotic embolus. Again note the cholesterol clefts and thrombotic material that occlude this artery.
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== Virtual Microscopy ==
=== Kidney: Atheromatous Emboli ===
<peir-vm>IPLab4AtheromatousEmboli</peir-vm>
=== Normal Kidney ===
<peir-vm>UAB-Histology-00114</peir-vm>
== Study Questions ==
=== Images ===
* [http://peir.path.uab.edu{{SERVER}}/library/index.php?/tags/52-kidney PEIR Digital Library: Kidney Images]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATHIDX.html WebPath: Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CVIDX.html WebPath: Cardiovascular Pathology]