title: [Morphology of the skin manifestations of Lyme disease].
abstract: The paper describes a case of a long-lasting chronic migrant erythema (ME) in an 82-year-old female, which developed after the bite of an insect (a tick?). The specific feature of this case is an unusual duration (2 years) of a single focus of ME and autopsy of the skin revealed giant cells with centrally arranged 3-5 nuclei and cytoplam with PAS-positive inclusions as tiny (5 m) oblong formations, that may be Borelia.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Hospital, President Administration, 121356 Moscow.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kudrina
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Anan'eva
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Makarenko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001898:Borrelia; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology