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WORINGER‐KOLOPP DISEASE
Author(s) -
Imai Seiji,
Nitto Heita,
Oka Kichiro
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1982.tb02624.x
Subject(s) - epidermis (zoology) , lesion , basal lamina , pathology , histiocyte , electron microscope , basal (medicine) , cytoplasm , anatomy , pathological , medicine , biology , ultrastructure , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , insulin , optics
A case of Woringer‐Kolopp disease was studied using electron microscopy. The patient was a 45‐year‐old Japanese woman with a plaque lesion of six years duration on the left upper thigh. The pathological features of the lesion included abnormal cells, mainly in the epidermis and compatible with those of Woringer‐Kolopp disease. Electron microscopic examination indicated that the abnormal cells within the epidermis and passing through the basal lamina had features indicating a histiocytic origin, including abundant and protruded cytoplasm and lysosomal dense bodies.