Non-malignant skin disease: Difference between revisions
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*Border sharply demarcated. | *Border sharply demarcated. | ||
*Hyperkeratosis - stratum corneum extra thick. | *Hyperkeratosis - stratum corneum extra thick. | ||
**May be minimal. | |||
*Horn cysts - intraepidermal collections of keratin - '''key feature'''. | *Horn cysts - intraepidermal collections of keratin - '''key feature'''. | ||
**Actually invaginations - '''not''' true cysts; thus, they may more accurately be called ''pseudohorn cysts''.<ref>URL: [http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/dpt/HornCyst.htm http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/dpt/HornCyst.htm]. Accessed on: 13 September 2012.</ref> | **Actually invaginations - '''not''' true cysts; thus, they may more accurately be called ''pseudohorn cysts''.<ref>URL: [http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/dpt/HornCyst.htm http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/dpt/HornCyst.htm]. Accessed on: 13 September 2012.</ref> | ||