Leprosy: dermal nerve

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Leprosy: dermal nerve. SB Lucas. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy: dermal nerve This is a high power view of a dermal nerve from a patient with BT. Within the nerve there is a granulomatous, macrophage infiltrate separating the Schwann cells. Immunostain for S100 (which stains Schwann cells brown).

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