Granulomas in Dermatopathology: Principal Diagnoses - Part 2

Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed). 2021 Apr 21:S0001-7310(21)00138-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.04.001. Online ahead of print.
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Abstract

Part 2 of this series on granulomatous diseases focuses on skin biopsy findings. Whereas the first part treated noninfectious conditions (metabolic disorders and tumors, among other conditions), this part mainly deals with various types of infectious disease along with other conditions seen fairly often by clinical dermatologists.

Keywords: Célula de Langhans; Célula de Touton; Célula gigante; Giant cells; Granuloma; Langhans cells; Touton giant cell; Xanthogranuloma; Xantogranuloma.

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