microabscess

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(¦mī·krō′ab′ses)

(medicine) A small abscess.


('krō-ăb'sĕs')
n.

A very small circumscribed collection of white blood cells in solid tissues.

Abscess visible only under a microscope.

  • Munro m. — a small collection of neutrophils within or under the stratum corneum.
  • Pautrier m. — a collection of malignant lymphocytes in the epidermis occurring as solid intraepidermal nodules; seen in epitheliotropic lymphomas.

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