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Scanning Electron Microscopy of Dermatofibromas
Author(s) -
WILBORN WALTER H.,
MONTES LEOPOLDO F.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01141.x
Subject(s) - dermis , pathology , scanning electron microscope , lesion , electron microscope , epidermis (zoology) , anatomy , microscopy , medicine , materials science , optics , physics , composite material
The three‐dimensional morphology of six dermatofibromas was studied by scanning electron microscopy. Hypertrophic epidermal ridges covered with large keratinized cells overlay each dermal lesion. Small collagenous fibers in the tumors contrasted with the bundles of much larger collagenous fibers in the normal dermis peripheral to the lesions.