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#redirect [[Non-malignant_skin_disease#Lichenoid_keratosis]]
'''Lichenoid keratosis''' is a [[non-malignant skin disease|benign skin condition]].


It is also known as '''lichen planus-like keratosis'''.
==General==
*Caucasians - middle age or older.
*May be a variant of [[seborrheic keratosis]] (with marked inflammation).<ref name=Ref_Derm346>{{Ref Derm|346}}</ref>
Clinical DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm346>{{Ref Derm|346}}</ref>
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]], [[squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]], melanocytic neoplasm.
==Gross==
*Red raised scaly-appearing lesion.
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm347>{{Ref Derm|347}}</ref>
*Hyperkeratosis.
*Parakeratosis.
*Band of inflammatory cells at DE junction (lichenoid inflammation).
*Dead keratinocytes (Civatte bodies).
*Dermal melanophages.
DDx:
*[[Lichen planus]] - need clinical correlation (mucosal lesions).
*[[Drug reaction]].
*[[Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma]].
*Regressed melanocytic lesion, esp. [[malignant melanoma]].
*Lichenoid [[actinic keratosis]] - has atypical hyperchromatic basal cells - esp. at edge of lesion, usu. in the context of [[solar elastosis]].
===Images===
*[http://www.dermpedia.org/dermpedia-textbook/lichenoid-keratosis Lichenoid keratosis (dermpedia.org)].
==Sign out==
<pre>
SKIN LESION, MID-MIDDLE BACK, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- LICHENOID KERATOSIS.
</pre>
===Incompletely excised===
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT CHEST, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- LICHENOID KERATOSIS VERSUS ACTINIC KERATOSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
- SEE COMMENT.
COMMENT:
No eosinophils are apparent. No melanocytic lesion is identified; however, excision of the
whole lesion to exclude a partially regressed melanocytic lesion is suggested.
</pre>
===Micro===
The sections show skin with lichenoid inflammation and mild overlying hyperkeratosis with very rare parakeratosis. There is no significant basal atypia. Rare eosinophils are seen. The lymphocytes do not show apparent atypia. Mild reactive spongiosis is seen.
==See also==
*[[Non-malignant skin disease]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Non-malignant skin disease]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]

Latest revision as of 18:46, 3 July 2014

Lichenoid keratosis is a benign skin condition.

It is also known as lichen planus-like keratosis.

General

Clinical DDx:[1]

Gross

  • Red raised scaly-appearing lesion.

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Hyperkeratosis.
  • Parakeratosis.
  • Band of inflammatory cells at DE junction (lichenoid inflammation).
  • Dead keratinocytes (Civatte bodies).
  • Dermal melanophages.

DDx:

Images

Sign out

SKIN LESION, MID-MIDDLE BACK, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- LICHENOID KERATOSIS.

Incompletely excised

SKIN LESION, LEFT CHEST, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- LICHENOID KERATOSIS VERSUS ACTINIC KERATOSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
- SEE COMMENT.

COMMENT:
No eosinophils are apparent. No melanocytic lesion is identified; however, excision of the
whole lesion to exclude a partially regressed melanocytic lesion is suggested.

Micro

The sections show skin with lichenoid inflammation and mild overlying hyperkeratosis with very rare parakeratosis. There is no significant basal atypia. Rare eosinophils are seen. The lymphocytes do not show apparent atypia. Mild reactive spongiosis is seen.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 346. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  2. Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 347. ISBN 978-0443066542.