Abstract:The authors report 2 cases of measles demonstrating novel skin pathology that may be useful in establishing early diagnosis. Syncytial epithelial giant cells, which are characteristic of measles, were found to be present in the dermis, indicating that these cells are not specific to the lymphoid tissue and epithelia of which they are classically attributed to. The cells were not prominent, and required step sectioning to observe. These results were confirmed by electron microscopy, which showed virus capsid pa… Show more
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