A pustule is a small elevation of the skin containing purulent material usually consisting of necrotic inflammatory cells.[1]:17[nb 1] Pustules represent collections of neutrophils.[2]:172
Footnotes
- ^ No absolute size, or range of sizes, is specified in this definition, as there seems to be no general consensus[weasel words] within the literature. Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (see references), specifies no size; some dermatologists[which?] consider this text an authority on the subject. See also Lack of standardization.
References
- ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0721629210. LCCN 2005-057588
- ^ Marks, James G. Jr.; Miller, Jeffrey (2006). Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 1-4160-3185-5. LCCN 2006-046814
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