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case_images: a-c Majocchi's granuloma clinical picture and histology. a Multiple red-bluish nodules and pustules coalescing into infiltrating erythematous plaques on both thighs and in the pubic region. b Histopathological section (H&E) of skin lesion demonstrating a normal surface and an intense, dermal granulomatous, suppurative, and chronic inflammation around dilated and irregular hair follicles. c Naked hair shafts in purulent and granulomatous inflammation after follicular rupture.
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case_images: On examination, multiple red bluish nodules and pustules were coalescing into infiltrating erythematous plaques on both thighs and in the pubic region, shown in Figure 1a. Histopathological skin examination revealed a deep, suppurative, and granulomatous folliculitis with dilated and ruptured hair follicles containing keratin debris and bacterium, shown in Figure 1b, c.