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Fig. 1 | Surgical and Experimental Pathology

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From: Neoplastic cells parasitized by Mycobacterium leprae: report of two cases of melanocytic nevus and one of basal cell carcinoma

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Parasitism of melanocytic nevus by M. leprae in case 1. a and b Nevus lesion in the dorsum of a patient with leprosy BL. c Dermatoscopy showing the nevus lesion and adjacent skin without characteristics of a leprosy lesion. d and e Histological sections showing compound melanocytic nevus (→) and leprosy lesion (*) permeating nevus cells (HE). f and g Vacuolated nevus cells (HE) containing bacilli (FF) (→). h and i Double staining (IHC-CD68 and FF) showing leprosy lesion macrophages stained (→) and non-stained nevus cells (*) containing bacilli in the cytoplasm. j and k Double staining (IHC-Melan A and FF) showing non-immunostained leprosy lesion (→) and immunostained nevus cells (*), both containing bacilli in the cytoplasm. l Double staining (IHC-Melan A and FF) showing immunostained nevus cells (*) containing bacilli inside the intracytoplasmic vacuole

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