Elastic fibers. Skin scrape. Magnification x400. KOH 20%, exposure 30 minutes. An inexperienced microscopist might confuse them with fungal mycelia. Elastic fibers are thinner, rarely branch, and lack the greenish sheen characteristic of mycelia when rotating the fine adjustment knob.
👉 Material kindly provided by medical lab technician - Dmitry Emelyanov.
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