- Pautrier microabscess
- one of the well-defined collections of atypical mononuclear cells found in nonspongiotic intraepidermal vesicles in T-cell lymphomas and mycosis fungoides. Called also Pautrier abscess.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Pautrier microabscess
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Pautrier microabscess (abscess) — Pau·tri·er microabscess (abscess) (po tre aґ) [Lucien Marius Adolphe Pautrier, French dermatologist, 1876–1959] see under microabscess … Medical dictionary
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Pautrier — Lucien M.A., French dermatologist, 1876–1959. See P. abscess, P. microabscess … Medical dictionary
Pautrier abscess — see under microabscess … Medical dictionary
Abscess — A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses: {{}}A skin abscess is better known as a common boil; A peritonsillar abscess is a persistent collection of pus behind the tonsils; and A perianal… … Medical dictionary
