sporotrichosis
Histologic Features
- A scale crust
- Pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia with intraepidermal abscesses
- A dense, diffuse infiltrate in the upper dermis showing arrangement into the triple zone of a central neutrophilic suppurative zone, a middle histiocytic giant cells zone , and a peripheral lymphoid and plasma cell zone
- The spores appearing as round 4 or 5 micron bodies that have multiple budding and as cigar-shaped bodies up to 8 micron in length within the exudate
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