(46 days post-exposure)
PLATE 27.—(X100, H&E) (Case #39) Narrow rugose
epidermis with papillary extensions downward of
stratum malpighit. Latter are heavily laden with
melanotic pigment. Slight telangiectasis of pars
papillaris and pars reticularis of dermis. Occasional
pigment laden chromatophores in superficial dermis.

PLATE 28.—(X100,

(Case

#39)

Six

months

post-exrposure. Moderate focal atrophy of stratum
corneum. Paranuclear halos are present and areas of
depigmentation are prominent. In the dermis a mod-

turbance of keratinization and moderate telangiectasis

erate

are also seen.

OTti

H&E)

post-exposure. Note the marked diffuse atrophy of the
stratum granulosum accompanied by narrow downward
prolongations of the basal papillae. Moderate dis-

uniformly

distributed

telangiectasis

1s

seen.

There is also a perivascular distribution of cellular
infiltrate.

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