Follicular mucinosis Images
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Mucinosis follicularis type III: Chronic, often generalized, slightly itchy form in middle-aged to older adults, with disseminated, 0.1 cm large, skin-colored, red follicular papules on the trunk and extremities; possible precursor stage of folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (DD; type II of mucinosis follicularis; DD: malasseziafolliculitis).



Mucinosis follicularis: follicularly bound papules with central horny cone; for 3 months, moderate itching.

Mucinosis follicularis: acute clinical picture developed after heavy sweating; multiple, generalised, 0.1 cm large, itchy, skin-coloured, pointed conical, rough papules bound to follicles.

Mucinosis follicularis: itchy, disseminated, follicular, well-defined, pointed, skin-coloured papules with firmly adhering hyperkeratosis on the back and the lateral thoracic parts; clinical picture of a "grating iron skin".


Mucinosis follicularis: complete vacuolar follicular degeneration with formation of optically empty, cystic structures. bulky, perifollicular, lymphoid infiltrate with focal epitheliotropy. in the left follicle necrobiotic follicle parts are ejected from the follicleostium.

Mucinosis follicularis, a follicle that is distended in an irregular shape with vacuolig degenerated epithelia and perifollicular lymphoid infiltrates.

mucinosis follicularis. detail enlargement: follicular epithelium and lymphoid infiltrate are fused to a symbiotic unit. epithelia appear focally vacuolated. at the right border of the picture a complete mucinous degeneration of the follicular epithelium is visible. nuclei are only very rarely visible here.

