PMC4809453_01
Skin-colored alopecic nodules on the right and left side of the face.
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On examination, there were well-defined skin-colored firm nodules, coalescing to form nodulo-plaques with overlying skin showing absence of hair on both sides of the face (Fig 1).
Uniformly pink-staining amyloid throughout the reticular dermis and admixed with thickened collagen bundles.
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The material was admixed with thickened bundles of collagen in places whereas at other places it was seen as closely packed nodules of the deposit that showed fractured structure (Fig 2).
Congo red stain showing pink amyloid material in the reticular dermis and within thickened collagen bundles.
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The material took up the Congo red stain (Fig 3).