Abstract
Many skin diseases show granuloma formation with epithelioid and giant cells (Fig. 6-1). Although tuberculosis is the prototype of such inflammation, many seemingly unrelated diseases produce a similar histologic picture (Fig. 6-2).
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Nasemann, T., Sauerbrey, W., Burgdorf, W.H.C. (1983). Granulomatous Infections and Other Granulomas. In: Fundamentals of Dermatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5457-7_6
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