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Furuncle
Author(s) -
PINKUS HERMANN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01181.x
Subject(s) - hair follicle , pathology , abscess , dermatology , medicine , epidermis (zoology) , biology , anatomy , surgery
Microscopic pictures of furuncles are rare in dermatologic literature. This report illustrates features of a furuncle that was completely excised. There was destruction of the epidermis, remnants of the involved hair follicle within an area of tissue necrosis, a large abscess with many polymorphonuclear leukocytes and small clusters of Staphylococci . The contrast with an univolved hair follicle observed in the vicinity of the furuncle was striking.