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From: Challenging diagnosis of leprosy in a psychotic homeless patient with atypical clinical manifestations: an interesting case report

Fig. 2

Histopathological examination of the skin and nerves. (a) Histopathological examination of sample taken from the annular erythematous macule found on the back revealed extracellular edema in the superficial dermis (hematoxylin and eosin, × 40 magnification) and (b) granulomatous reaction composed of epithelioid cells and multinucleated giant cells at perivascular, perineural, and surrounding eccrine glands (hematoxylin and eosin, × 100 magnification). (c) Histopathological examination of the right sural nerve revealed granuloma reactions and multinucleated giant cells (hematoxylin and eosin, × 100 magnification)

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