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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
Hand, foot and mouth disease
Etiology

Causes by Coxsackie virus (Picornavirus).

Clinical signs
  • affects children
  • small epidemies
Histology

Intraepidermal vesicles caused by baloon and reticular degeneration. The inflammatory infiltrate consists of lymphocytes at first, later neutrofils appear as well.