Ultrastructural aspects of a cutaneous biopsy in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Bruneval, P.; Tricottet, V.; Camilleri, J.P.; Reynes, M.; Daniel, F.

Annales de Pathologie 4(4): 305-307

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0242-6498
PMID: 6508886
Document Number: 222957
Herpes zoster blister was biopsied in an homosexual man presenting and AIDS. Ultrastructural findings were as follows: typical herpes virus particles, tubuloreticular inclusions (TRI), helical polyribosomes. The association of these three findings suggests that TRI may represent rather a particular way of cellular reaction than an etiologic ultrastructural marker in AIDS.

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