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Figure 4

Haemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenal gland and complete necrosis of the adrenal gland. The different zones of the adrenal cortex cannot be clearly distinguished. Especially the cortex shows extensive haemorrhage (arrow). The cells are ill-defined and intermingled with fibrin exudation, showing nuclear shadows (insert, double arrow). The cellular compartment of the adrenal medulla is necrotic with intermingled fibrin exudation (star) (haematoxylin and eosin, original magnification 4x insert, original magnification 20x).