1 MCQs in Microbiology for NEET PG
A 45-year-old man from rural Maharashtra presents with multiple symmetric ill-defined hypopigmented macules and nodules over his face, trunk, and extremities for 2 years. Slit-skin smear shows acid-fast bacilli. Skin biopsy is performed. Histopathology reveals the dermis filled with foamy macrophages containing dense clumps of acid-fast bacilli, with a characteristic spared subepidermal strip (marked **C** in the diagram). Which of the following best explains the pathologic significance of the structure marked **C** in lepromatous leprosy?
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