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A Histologic Study

LOUIS H. WINER, M.D.; DAVID H. KLING, M.D.; GERALD H. LEVIN, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1962;86(5):654-662.

Abstract
Ecchymosis during prolonged steroid therapy is most likely due to the fragmentation of elastic staining fibers, the elastotic degeneration of the collagen fibers, and their absence in the pericapillary spaces as a result of corticosteroids.

Author Affiliations
Boyar-Kling Arthritis Clinic (Dr. Kling).

From the Dermatologic Service Los Angeles Veterans Administration Center, General Medical and Surgical Hospital and the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center (Drs. Winer and Levin). Co-sponsored by Dermatologic Research Foundation of Calif. Inc.

Footnotes
Presented before the 82d Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Chandler, Ariz., March 30, 1962.

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