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Disorders of Transepidermal Elimination: Part 1
Author(s) -
Woo Thomas Y.,
Rasmussen James E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1985.tb05781.x
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , gerontology , library science , computer science
Transepidermal elimination (TE) is a mechanism whereby foreign or altered constituents can be removed from the dermis. This process involves unique morphologic alterations of the epidermis, which forms a channel and thereby facilitates extrusion of the desired dermal components. The phenomenon of TE may occur as a primary process characterizing disorders, such as elastosis perforans serpiginosa and reactive perforating collagenosis, Occasionally, TE may occur as a secondary phenomenon. Well-known examples are perforating granuloma annuiare and pseudoxanthoma elasticum.