Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Wound Healing of the Septal Mucosa of the Rat

Figure 8

Micrographs showing toluidine-blue-stained sections of nasal septum mucosa; (a) represents the control group, while (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) present the mast cell population at 2, 5, 14, 28, and, respectively, 48 days subsequent to injury. Metachromatic-stained mast cells from septal mucosa lamina propria are indicated by the arrows; toluidine blue, Obx100; scale bar = 50 μm.

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