erysipelas
Histologic Features
- A basket-weave cornified layer overlying a normal epidermis
- Edema of the papillary dermis
- Extravasated red blood cells
- Telangiectasia of the superficial vessels
- A sparse superficial and deep perivascular infiltrate of neutrophils, with a few eosinophils and lymphocytes
- Neutrophils in between collagen bundles
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