microabscess /mi·cro·ab·scess/ (mi″kro-ab´ses) a very small, localized collection of pus.
microabscess
microabscess
Pautrier's microabscess one of the well-defined collections of mycosis cells located within the epidermis in T-cell lymphoma and mycosis fungoides.
mi·cro·ab·scess (m  kr - b s s)n. A very small circumscribed collection of white blood cells in solid tissues. |
microabscess
[mīkrō·ab′ses]
Etymology: Gk, mikros, small; L, abscedere, to go away
a very small abscess.
microabscess
abscess visible only under a microscope.
Munro microabscess
a small collection of neutrophils within or under the stratum corneum.
Pautrier microabscess
a collection of malignant lymphocytes in the epidermis occurring as solid intraepidermal nodules; seen in epitheliotropic lymphomas.
microabscess
A focal aggregate of PMNs seen in skin disease–eg, mycosis fungoides–Pautrier's microabscess, psoriasis–Munro's microabscess, bullous pemphigoid–papillary microabscess, or elsewhere–eg,
in perivascular tissues of lung in Wegener's granulomatosis. See Munro's abscess.
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