Rapidly growing cutaneous tumour of the right temple: Orf.

Australas J Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Darmstadt Hospital, Germany.

Published: November 1997

A typical lesion of orf developed on the temple of a 61-year-old man who apparently contracted the infection indirectly. In addition to the classical histological features of epidermal hyperplasia, necrosis, ballooning and vesical formation, the lesion also showed florid pseudoneoplastic vascular proliferation and a prominent component of eosinophils in the dermal inflammation.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0960.1997.tb01703.xDOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

rapidly growing
4
growing cutaneous
4
cutaneous tumour
4
tumour temple
4
temple orf
4
orf typical
4
typical lesion
4
lesion orf
4
orf developed
4
developed temple
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!