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Light and electron microscopic studies of physical injury to the skin I. Suction
Author(s) -
HUNTER J. A. A.,
McVITTIE EVA,
COMAISH J. S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb06442.x
Subject(s) - vacuolization , suction blister , suction , basal lamina , epidermis (zoology) , basal (medicine) , electron microscope , medicine , pathology , chemistry , anatomy , dermatology , ultrastructure , physics , optics , meteorology , insulin
SUMMARY Suction applied to the skin causes almost immediate paranuclear vacuolization in keratinocytes but does not affect the dendritic cells. If suction is prolonged dermo‐epidermal separation occurs at a level between the basal cell membrane and basal lamina.