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Figure 1
Keywords: Histopathology-image
Sections of open comedones show massive follicular dilation (figure 1). The dilated follicles are filled with keratin (figure 2). These may be filled with cellular debris and/or inflammatory cells. Closed comedones do not show a patent follicular channel to the surface (figure 3).
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