Figure 3From: Histometric data obtained by in vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy in patients with systemic sclerosisA dermal papilla in the skin of a SSc patient in 55 μm (a) and 65 μm (b) depth. Tortuous, multiple cappillaries showing dark vessel walls and bright blood cells in the lumina (arrows) could be observed in a dermal papillae in the skin of SSc patients, whereas in the control groups, only one capillary loop per papillae could be found.Back to article page