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Am J Clin Pathol
; 83(4): 524-7, 1985 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2984921
RESUMO
A 54-year-old immunosuppressed cardiac transplant recipient with a six-month history of progressive swelling of the hand, with nodules and linear lymph node chain enlargement, diagnosed as a sporotrichoid Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pseudotumor is described. The microscopic features closely resembled the previously described histoid variety of lepromatous leprosy. Routine hematoxylin and eosin staining suggested a spindle cell neoplasm rather than an infectious or inflammatory process. An infectious etiology was pursued on the basis of the clinical setting.