title: Transepidermal elimination of actinically damaged connective tissue.
abstract: Three patients with actinically damaged skin had scaling lesions clinically resembling actinic keratoses. Histologic examination of the lesions disclosed transepidermal elimination (TE) of degenerated (solar elastotic) dermal connective tissue via a transepidermal canal, a previously undescribed phenomenon.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*