Colloid Milium : Electron Microscopic Findings.
- Author:
Soo Il CHUN
;
Won Hyoung KANG
;
Kyu Kwang WHANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Colloid milium;
Electron microscopic findings
- MeSH:
Collagen;
Colloids*;
Fibroblasts;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1986;24(2):314-319
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ultrastructural study was taken in a 48 year old male farmer with colloid milium. Electrcn microscopically, colloid was mainly composed of protofilaments, amorphous substance and degenerating collagens surrounded by halos. Colloidal filaments were curved and branched at their ends. Fibroblasts near the colloid island contained amorphous materials and protofilaments idnitical to that of colloid materials, Thus we suggest that. colloid milium may be produced by the abnormal fibroblasts or may be derived from actiinically damaged collagen fibers.
