The microscopic appearance of a sodium-potassium exchange resin in histologic sections.
The histologic appearance of Kayexalate, an ion-exchange resin, in bronchioles and alveolar spaces is described. Aspiration of this material occurred as a terminal event in an infant who suffered neonatal asphyxia and meconium aspiration. A solution of Kayexalate prepared for comparison appears to be identical to that found in the lung sections.
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000473:pathology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001239:Inhalation; D007475:Ion Exchange Resins; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*
D007475:Ion Exchange Resins