Scanning Electron Microscopy of Dermatofibromas |
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| Authors: | WALTER H. WILBORN LEOPOLDO F. MONTES |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama;Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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