[Histology of UV-induced epidermis reactions. 1. A contribution to the differentiation of sunburn cells].

The UV-induced reaction of the epidermis is marked be extra- and intracellular edema and intraepidermal vesicles. Characteristical is the appearance of sunburn cells. In semithin section they can be differentiated in two cell types: "fried egg cells" prevail as early type in the exsudative phase (type I), "dark cells" as late type in the degenerative phase (type II) of the UV-reaction.