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PROPERTIES OF HUMAN SKIN REVEALED BY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY: THE NORMAL SKIN; THE VITAMIN A CONTENT OF THE SKIN

PROPERTIES OF HUMAN SKIN REVEALED BY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY: THE NORMAL SKIN; THE VITAMIN A... Abstract The idea of examining the skin and its appendages and pathogenic fungi under ultraviolet rays and for their fluorescent properties is well known. Skin and epidermal appendages impart a characteristic fluorescence, as do fungous infections of the scalp, although cultures of the different fungi vary in their fluorescent properties. The microscopic examination of the skin under ultraviolet rays (fluorescence microscopy) has only rarely been employed.1 Our interest in examining the skin under the fluorescence microscope was to find new diagnostic possibilities in the histologic study of the skin. Before we describe some of the new observations, it is appropriate to describe briefly the picture of the normal skin as shown by fluorescence microscopy. Not only the spontaneous fluorescence but also some staining reactions with fluorescent dyes were studied (fluorochromy).2 Our interest in these studies was also stimulated by the demonstration of vitamin A by fluorescence microscopy.3 The References 1. Bommer, S.: Weitere Untersuchungen über sichtbare Fluoreszenz beim Menschen , Acta dermat.-venereol. 10:391, 1929; 2. Ueber die Fluoreszenz der elastischen Faser in der Haut , Dermat. Ztschr. 67:319, 1933.Crossref 3. Baroni, P.: Contributo allo studio dei melanomi cutanei al lume di un moderno mezzo d'indagine: del microscopio a fluorescenza , Arch. ital. di dermat., sif. 9:543, 1933. 4. Hamperl, H.: Die Fluorescenzmikroskopie menschlicher Gewebe , Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 292:1, 1934.Crossref 5. Haitinger, M.: Fluorescenzmikroskopie , Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1938. 6. von Querner, F.: Der mikroskopische Nachweis von Vitamin A im animalen Gewebe. Zur Kenntnis der paraplasmatischen Zelleinschlüsse , Klin. Wchnschr. 14:1213, 1935.Crossref 7. Popper, H.: The Histological Distribution of Vitamin A in Human Organs Under Normal and Pathologic Conditions , Arch. Path. 31:766 ( (June) ) 1941. 8. Popper, H.: Vitamin A: The Distribution of Vitamin A in the Body , J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 7:119 ( (Sept.) ) 1940. 9. Peck, S. M.; Chargin, L., and Sobotka, H.: Keratosis Follicularis (Darier's Disease): Vitamin A Deficiency Disease , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 43:223 ( (Feb.) ) 1941. 10. Wolbach, S. B.: The Pathologic Changes Resulting from Vitamin Deficiency , J. A. M. A. 108:7 ( (Jan. 2) ) 1937. 11. Lehman, E., and Rapaport, H. G.: Cutaneous Manifestations of Vitamin A Deficiency in Children , J. A. M. A. 114:386 ( (Feb. 3) ) 1940. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1942 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0096-6029
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10.1001/archderm.1942.01500130062005
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Abstract

Abstract The idea of examining the skin and its appendages and pathogenic fungi under ultraviolet rays and for their fluorescent properties is well known. Skin and epidermal appendages impart a characteristic fluorescence, as do fungous infections of the scalp, although cultures of the different fungi vary in their fluorescent properties. The microscopic examination of the skin under ultraviolet rays (fluorescence microscopy) has only rarely been employed.1 Our interest in examining the skin under the fluorescence microscope was to find new diagnostic possibilities in the histologic study of the skin. Before we describe some of the new observations, it is appropriate to describe briefly the picture of the normal skin as shown by fluorescence microscopy. Not only the spontaneous fluorescence but also some staining reactions with fluorescent dyes were studied (fluorochromy).2 Our interest in these studies was also stimulated by the demonstration of vitamin A by fluorescence microscopy.3 The References 1. Bommer, S.: Weitere Untersuchungen über sichtbare Fluoreszenz beim Menschen , Acta dermat.-venereol. 10:391, 1929; 2. Ueber die Fluoreszenz der elastischen Faser in der Haut , Dermat. Ztschr. 67:319, 1933.Crossref 3. Baroni, P.: Contributo allo studio dei melanomi cutanei al lume di un moderno mezzo d'indagine: del microscopio a fluorescenza , Arch. ital. di dermat., sif. 9:543, 1933. 4. Hamperl, H.: Die Fluorescenzmikroskopie menschlicher Gewebe , Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 292:1, 1934.Crossref 5. Haitinger, M.: Fluorescenzmikroskopie , Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1938. 6. von Querner, F.: Der mikroskopische Nachweis von Vitamin A im animalen Gewebe. Zur Kenntnis der paraplasmatischen Zelleinschlüsse , Klin. Wchnschr. 14:1213, 1935.Crossref 7. Popper, H.: The Histological Distribution of Vitamin A in Human Organs Under Normal and Pathologic Conditions , Arch. Path. 31:766 ( (June) ) 1941. 8. Popper, H.: Vitamin A: The Distribution of Vitamin A in the Body , J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 7:119 ( (Sept.) ) 1940. 9. Peck, S. M.; Chargin, L., and Sobotka, H.: Keratosis Follicularis (Darier's Disease): Vitamin A Deficiency Disease , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 43:223 ( (Feb.) ) 1941. 10. Wolbach, S. B.: The Pathologic Changes Resulting from Vitamin Deficiency , J. A. M. A. 108:7 ( (Jan. 2) ) 1937. 11. Lehman, E., and Rapaport, H. G.: Cutaneous Manifestations of Vitamin A Deficiency in Children , J. A. M. A. 114:386 ( (Feb. 3) ) 1940.

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Archives of Dermatology and SyphilologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1942

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