title: [Correlation between histopathology and epiluminescent microscopy in nonmelanocytic skin lesions].
abstract: Epiluminescence microscopy techniques make surface and subsurface structures accessible to visual examination in vivo. The visualization of a multitude of special morphological features, such as blood vessels, adnexa and deposits of pigments in normal and pathologically changed skin allows a reproducible and topographical stratification. There is a chance of identifying the architecture of the stratum corneum, the epidermis and the papillary bodies. Changes in the amount of melanin can be individually assessed in the stratum corneum and the deeper layers extending into the upper dermis. It is possible to differentiate the orientation, size and color of the blood vessels of the cutaneous vascular plexus, involving the capillaries of the stratum papillare and the subpapillary plexus.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Gudrunstrasse 56, 44791 Bochum.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stücker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Altmeyer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D018715:Microscopy, Video / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*