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Comment
. 2012 Apr;97(4):e9-11; author reply e12.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.058669.

MonoMAC versus idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia. Comment to Haematologica. 2011;96(8):1221-5

Vicki H Chu, Jonathan L Curry, M Tarek Elghetany, Choladda V Curry
Comment

MonoMAC versus idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia. Comment to Haematologica. 2011;96(8):1221-5

Vicki H Chu et al. Haematologica. 2012 Apr.
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Skin findings. (A) Necrotic ulcers on the lower extremity with erythematous and eschar centers and raised peripheral borders; (B) epidermal and dermal necrosis and granulomatous inflammation throughout the dermis (H&E, magnification ×20); (C) dermal necrosis with collection of epithelioid histiocytes (H&E, magnification ×200); (D) acidfast positive bacilli (arrows) (Fite stain, magnification ×400).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Bone marrow findings. (A) Markedly hypocellular marrow (H&E, magnification ×40); (B) moderate reticulin fibrosis (reticulin stain, magnification ×200). (C) Erythroid dysplasia: nuclear budding; (D) nuclear cytoplasmic dyssynchrony; (E) binucleation. (F) Myeloid dysplasia: hypogranulated granulocyte with uneven distribution of cytoplasmic granules; (G) pelgeroid nuclei; (H) ring nucleus. (I, J, K) Megakaryocytic dysplasia: megakaryocytes with multiple separated nuclear lobes; (K) widely separated nuclei.
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