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TROPICAL/INFECTOPARASITARY DERMATOLOGY • An. Bras. Dermatol. 95 (2) • May-Jun 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2019.02.015   copy

Histopathological changes in epithelium of hair follicles and acrosyringium caused by measles in child☆ ☆ How to cite this article: Santana MF, Ferreira LCL, Oliveira JGN, Francesconi F. Histopathological changes in epithelium of hair follicles and acrosyringium caused by measles in child. An Bras Dermatol. 2020;95:238-40. , ☆☆ ☆☆ Study conducted at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

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Abstract

Some epidermal alterations in measles has been described, such as keratinocytes apoptotic, parakeratosis, giant-cell formation, intranuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions, dyskeratosis, spongiosis, and intracellular edema. The authors report for the first time in human a case of measles with the presence of multinucleated giant cells in the hair follicle and dyskeratosis in acrosyringium.

KEYWORDS
Giant cells; Hair follicle; Measles

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