Electron Microscopic Study in Tinea Versicolor: Structural Changes of Melanosomes Accompanying the Hyperpigmented and Hypopigmented Lesions.
- Author:
Dong Woog YOO
;
Hong Jig KIM
;
Yong Whan KIM
;
Byung In RO
;
Chin Yo CHANG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Melanosomes*;
Skin;
Tinea Versicolor*;
Tinea*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1983;21(1):63-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Electron microscopic examination of specimens from lesions of eight patients with hyperpigmented and six patients with hypopigmented tinea versicolor and from unaffected skin in each patient was performed. The results are summarized as follows; 1. In hyperpigmented lesions, melanosomes are larger and more singly dispersed than in unaffected skin. 2. In hypopigmented lesions, melanosomes are smaller and less singly diepersed than in unaffected skin. 3. Number of total melanosomes in hyperpigmented and hypopigmented lesions was not different from in unaffected skin.
