Leprosy: histopathology of skin

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Leprosy: histopathology of skin. SB Lucas. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Tuberculoid (TT) leprosy: skin This is a high power view of positive lepromin test from a patient with TT. There are a number of granulomas, and a giant cell can be seen within the dermal collagen (at the injection site of the lepromin antigen). H&E stain. See image W0043334 for a low power view of this section.

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