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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
Deep mycotic processes
Introduction

Frequent in immunosuppressed patients; sometimes with dissemination.

Clinical signs
  • lesion with inflammatory induration, pustules, loss of hairs from suppurating follicles,
  • multifocal discharge of pus after compression (kerion Celsi)
  • nails: most commonly spreas from the free margin of the nail; white streaks, thickenning of the nail plate; fragmentation of the nail
Pictures

Deep mycosis (Trichophyton), neck: Tinea, Clinical picture (852)

Deep mycosis (Trichophyton), hand: Tinea, Clinical picture (853)

Trichophytia profunda, chin: Tinea, Clinical picture (856)

Histology

Mycotic microogranisms are present deep within the dermis (and often deeper). Special staining: silver impregnation (Grocott) or PAS, cryptococcosis: alcian blue and mucicarmine stains mucinous capsule.