Case Report

Chronic Granulomatous Disease Presenting as Aseptic Ascites in a 2-Year-Old Child

Figure 1

(a) Biopsy of peritoneal nodules demonstrated a cellular and organizing peritonitis including neutrophils, mesothelial cells, and abundant macrophages some with epithelioid features (HE, 200x). Focal areas had relatively well-organized granulomas (b) with macrophages that did not express the activated macrophage marker CD163 (c) ((b); HE, 200x, (c); CD163, 200x).
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