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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
Tuberculosis cutis
Introduction
  • TBC cutis with immune response: tbc cutis verrucosa, lupus vulgaris, scrophuloderma, tuberculids
  • Lupus vulgaris
  • TBC verrucosa: verrucous, later atrophic lesions of the hands; infection is exogenic: through small skin trauma
  • Scrophuloderma: subcutaneous, spread of infection from the lymphnodes, bones etc.; inflammatory nodules, fistulae, scarring, most often on the neck
  • Tuberculids: rare symmetric lichenoid and papulonecrotic eruptions (papulonecrotic tuberculid, lichen scrofulosum)
  • Erythema induratum Bazin: vasculitis considered to be the deep tuberculid; inflammatory necrotizing nodules of the calves
Etiology

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis