A 2 year old with a complex medical history developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. She underwent septal myectomy. What is the unusual cell type pointed to by the arrows?

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Interstitial-like cells of Cahal AKA Telocytes with swollen endoplasmic reticulum.

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