Leprosy: skin

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

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Tuberculoid (TT) leprosy: skin This is a low power view of a skin section from a patient with TT. It shows the histopathology of a positive lepromin test. Note the central granulomatous area, which indicates good cell-mediated immunity (CMI) to Mycobacterium leprae. H&E stain.

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