Practical approaches to effective management of intestinal radiation injury: Benefit of resectional surgery

Figure 1 Representative histologic findings of normal (A) and radiation enteritis associated (B-D) intestinal mucosa. A: Normal; B: Mild lesions with edema and increased number of fibroblasts; C: Moderate lesions with sub-mucosal edema and disturbed mucosal architecture; D: Severe lesions with mucosal ulceration. Tissue sections were stained with standard hematoxylin-eosin (40 x magnification).