Porichha D, Bhatia V N
Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Raipur.
Indian J Lepr. 1987 Apr-Jun;59(2):191-3.
Salient histological features of 36 histoid leprosy were presented. Usual features like whorls and interlacing bundles of spindle cells, histoid habitus of the bacilli were noticed in all the cases. Pseudocapsule was present in 6 cases. Circumscribed islets of epithelioid cells were seen in the deeper part of the granuloma in 5 cases. Acid-fast bacilli were absent or rare in these cells. Polygonal, foamy macrophages were found in 12 cases. Presence of epithelioid and polygonal cells in histoid leprosy is rare and its significance needs to be explored.
本文呈现了36例类瘤型麻风的显著组织学特征。所有病例均可见到如漩涡状和交织成束的梭形细胞、杆菌的类瘤形态等常见特征。6例存在假包膜。5例在肉芽肿深部可见局限性上皮样细胞岛。这些细胞中抗酸杆菌缺失或罕见。12例发现有多边形、泡沫状巨噬细胞。类瘤型麻风中上皮样细胞和多边形细胞的存在较为罕见，其意义有待探索。
