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Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*Old people. | *Old people. | ||
* | *Usually in sun exposed area.<ref name=emed_sk1>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview]. Accessed on: 26 August 2011.</ref> | ||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
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*Border sharply demarcated. | *Border sharply demarcated. | ||
*Hyperkeratosis - stratum corneum extra thick. | *Hyperkeratosis - stratum corneum extra thick. | ||
*Horn cysts - intraepidermal collections of keratin. | *Horn cysts - intraepidermal collections of keratin - '''key feature'''. | ||
*Clusters of cells with brown granular material in the superficial dermis/dermoepidermal junction - pigmented melanocytes. | *Clusters of cells with brown granular material in the superficial dermis/dermoepidermal junction - pigmented melanocytes. | ||
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*[[Verruca vulgaris]] - SK may have papillomatous projections. | *[[Verruca vulgaris]] - SK may have papillomatous projections. | ||
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]], fibroepitheliomatous pattern - esp. reticulated SK. | *[[Basal cell carcinoma]], fibroepitheliomatous pattern - esp. reticulated SK. | ||
*[[Melanocytic nevus]]. | |||
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