Light Microscopic Finding

Age of Scald Injury

Group II

after 2 Days

Group III

after 7 Days

Group IV

after 1 Month

Group V

after 3 Months

Destruction of Adnexal Structures

+

++

+

+

Ulceration in the Epidermis

+

++

+

Inflammatory Infiltrate in the Dermis

++

+++

Deposition of Multiple Collagen Layers

++

+++

Re-epithelialization

+

+++

Multiple Cell Islands

++

++

Epithelial Cell Migration to the Scald

+

++

TNF-α Immunoexpression

+++

++