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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Erysipeloid
Etiology
  • acute bacterial infection of traumatized skin
  • caused by bacteria Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Clinical signs
  • occupational disease, common among farmers, butchers, cooks
  • acute, self-limited infection of the skin
  • rarely other organs may be affected (endocarditis)
  • resolves usually without consequences
  • lesions are well-demarcated, violaceous plaques with an advancing border and central clearing
Histology

The epidermis shows spongiosis and sometimes vesiculation. Marked edema of the papillary dermis, dilatation of lymphatic vessels. In the reticular dermis, a perivascular inflammatory infiltrate with lymphocytes, neutrophils and eosinophils.

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