A light and electron microscopic study of bowenoid papulosis
Faber, M.; Hagedorn, M.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica 61(5): 397-403
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5555 PMID: 6172927 Document Number: 178144
Bowenoid papulosis of the genito-anal region was studied by light- and electron-microscopy. Histopathologically there was no difference between bowenoid papulosis and ordinary Bowen's disease. Conspicuous ultrastructural findings included: great variation of intercellular spaces, decrease in intact desmosomes, aggregation of tonofilaments resulting in dyskeratosis, and two types of intracellular vacuolization probably caused by invagination of plasma membrane.