Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1987 Aug;4(1):49-57. 10.12701/yujm.1987.4.1.49.

Study of Relationship between Histologic Findings and Variation of Number of Mast cell in Psoriasis

• Mun BC
• Choi JS
• Kim KH
• Lee TS

• KMID: 2373915
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1987.4.1.49

Abstract

To evaluate whether mast cells are involved in developing pathologic feature of psoriasis, 60 biopsy specimens of patients with psoriasis were analyzed. They had not been treated for at least 1 week before skin biopsy. Histological findings in early and fully developed lesions and numbers of mast cells in their dermal papillae were investigated. The results were as follows: 1. In epidermal changes of psoriatic lesions, parakeratosis and acanthosis revealed different findings between early lesions and fully developed lesions. While early lesions revealed mounds of parakeratosis and mild to moderate acanthosis, fully developed lesions revealed confluent parakeratosis and moderate to severe acanthosis. In dermal changes of psoriatic lesions, papillomatosis revealed different findings between early developed lesions and fully developed lesions. While early lesions revealed normal to moderate papillomatosis, fully developed lesions revealed moderate to severe papillomatosis. 2. Degree of acanthosis is related to the degree of papillomatosis. The more increase in the degree of acanthosis, papillomatosis, and parakeratosis, mast cell numbers in dermal papillae were more increased. 3. Mast cell numbers in dermal papillae were more increased in fully developed lesions than early lesions. 4. These findings suggest that mast cell may play an active role in developing pathologic finding of psoriasis.

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Humans
Mast Cells*
Papilloma
Parakeratosis
Psoriasis*
Skin