The laminate capillary and its wall of multiple basement membranes.
Cutaneous telangiectatic vessels from two cases of unilateral dermatomal superficial telangiectasia were shown under electron microscopy to be venular capillaries with thick walls composed of multiple basement membranes. We suggest that this special capillary structure, seen in a variety of telangiectatic and disease states, should be called the 'laminate capillary'.
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Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.
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D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002196:Capillaries / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011247:Pregnancy; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000473:pathology*