Which of the following represents a 'hard' difficulty histological identification task?
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Correct answer: Identifying columnar epithelium amid lymphocytic infiltration
When an epithelium is heavily infiltrated by white blood cells, the orderly row of columnar nuclei can be obscured. This makes it difficult to distinguish the tissue from pseudostratified or even certain types of simple cuboidal epithelium.
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