Resultant dyskeratosis is represented by the presence of necrotic keratinocytes (Civatte bodies or
cytoid bodies), which are extruded into the papillary dermis.
Fine structure of
cytoid bodies," Nihon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi, vol.
They comprised such characteristic features as lymphohistiocytic bandlike infiltrate occupying the upper dermis and obscuring the dermoepidermal junction, irregular acanthosis resembling the typical saw-toothed appearance, extensive liquefactive degeneration of the basal layer of the epidermis with subepidermal clefts (Max Joseph spaces), pigmentary incontinence, and numerous
cytoid bodies forming huge clusters.
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Cytoid bodie, a feature of lichen planus may also be seen.
Lee, "The effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide on
cytoid macular edema," Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society, vol.