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microabscess

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microabscess /mi·cro·ab·scess/ (mi?kro-ab´ses) a very small, localized collection of pus.
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 (mkr-bss)
n.
A very small circumscribed collection of white blood cells in solid tissues.

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.

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