BIOPSY
TAKING: A superficial biopsy specimen may not be diagnostic
because, not rarely, the typical signs of leprosy are absent
in the superficial layers of the skin.
This
picture shows the superficial part of a biopsy. It shows
slight non-specific perivascular lymphocytic infiltration
around neurovascular bundles and sweat glands in the deeper
corium.
Because
cellular infiltration of nerves was not found so this biopsy
is not diagnostic of leprosy.
