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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Additional referencesCite this page: Mansouri J. Measles. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/appendixmeasles.html. Accessed August 6th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Associated with appendicitis in prodromal measles stage; rash may not appear until after appendix is removed (Scand J Infect Dis 2001;33:632)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Marked lymphoid hyperplasia, multinucleated giant cells (Warthin-Finkeldey type) in germinal centers
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Dr. Oleksandr Grygoruk, Boris Hospital and Medical Center, Kiev (Ukraine)
40 year old woman with prodromal measles confirmed by serology
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Warthin-Finkeldey cells (lymph node)
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