Harmful Effects of Synthetic Surface-Active Detergents against Atopic Dermatitis

Figure 2

Microscopic features of the biopsied abdominal skin in case 1 (hematoxylin and eosin). The involved epidermis reveals reactive downward acanthosis with lymphocytic exocytosis and spongiotic reaction focally resulting in small vesicle formation. An eosinophilic microabscess is formed in the parakeratotic horny layer. The granular keratinocytes have disappeared. Superficial perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes and eosinophils is associated.