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Department of Pathology
Case of the Month July 2002
A 55-Year-Old Female with Worsening Generalized Rash
Wozhan Tang, MD, Susan Touma, MD, and Luis Flores, MD
GROSS/MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Gross:
A punch biopsy of the lesions in the left arm was performed. Representative sections of the H&E stain were shown in figures 4 and 5.
The punch biopsy specimen measured 0.5cm in length and 0.5cm in diameter. The surface of the skin was noted for a greasy, crusted appearance.
Microscopic:
Figure 4 H&E low power. Hyperkeratosis with sparse superficial perivascular lymphocytic cell infiltrates.
Figure 5 H&E high power. Suprabasilar acantholysis with acantholytic dyskeratosis.
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