Chapter 18 The skin/Fig 18.14.jpg

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Cutaneous graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The epidermis shows marked hyperkeratosis, and there is a sparse infiltrate of lymphocytes extending into the epidermis. Note the close relationship between the intrusive lymphocytes and the eosinophilic apoptotic keratinocytes (‘satellite cell necrosis’).