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* | *Plasma cells - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid18948765>{{Cite journal | last1 = Brinster | first1 = NK. | title = Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II). | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 6 | pages = 350-69 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818b1ac6 | PMID = 18948765 }}</ref> | ||
*Spirochetes - '''diagnostic'''. | |||
*+/-[[Granulomas]]<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_47>{{Ref PCPBoD8|47}}</ref> - ''gumma'' - in the tertiary phase.<ref>URL: [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4]. Accessed on: 17 November 2010.</ref> | *+/-[[Granulomas]]<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_47>{{Ref PCPBoD8|47}}</ref> - ''gumma'' - in the tertiary phase.<ref>URL: [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4]. Accessed on: 17 November 2010.</ref> | ||
Useful [[stains]]: | Useful [[stains]]: | ||
Revision as of 02:36, 20 September 2011
Syphilis is the infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum.
Microscopic
Features:
- Plasma cells - key feature.[1]
- Spirochetes - diagnostic.
- +/-Granulomas[2] - gumma - in the tertiary phase.[3]
Useful stains:
Image: Dieterle stain - T. pallidum (WC).
See also
References
- ↑ Brinster, NK. (Nov 2008). "Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II).". Adv Anat Pathol 15 (6): 350-69. doi:10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818b1ac6. PMID 18948765.
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 47. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ URL: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4. Accessed on: 17 November 2010.