A 47-year-old woman presents with a 2-year history of slowly enlarging lesions around both eyes. On examination, she has bilateral, symmetrical, soft, yellow-orange plaques 5–12 mm in diameter overlying the medial canthal region of both upper eyelids, as marked **A** in the diagram. The plaques are flat to slightly elevated, non-tender, with a waxy surface, and do not blanch with pressure. What is the histopathological hallmark of the lesions marked **A**?
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