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The sample from Becca's lip doesn't exhibit
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the intranuclear inclusions of a viral sore.
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Instead, the cells have irregular vacuoles
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and darker nuclear chromatin.
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Qualities caused by the flash-freezing of tissue.
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As you'd expect from contact with liquid nitrogen.
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Now, ingesting liquid nitrogen
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could have caused the swollen epiglottis,
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the irritation that I had attributed to the acid reflux
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and the injury to the stomach
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that I had previously deemed an ulcer.
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They were caused by one event.