Difference between revisions of "Non-malignant skin disease"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/verruca_vulgaris.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/verruca_vulgaris.html]. Accessed on: 14 July 2010.</ref>
Features:<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/verruca_vulgaris.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/verruca_vulgaris.html]. Accessed on: 14 July 2010.</ref>
*Hyperkeratosis (more keratin - thick stratum corneum).
*Hyperkeratosis (more keratin - thick stratum corneum) - in "columns"; keratin in separate towers - ''not'' a flat thick sheet.
*Hypergranulosis (thicker stratum granulosum).
*Hypergranulosis (thicker stratum granulosum).
*Acanthosis (thickening of the stratum spinosum).
*Acanthosis (thickening of the stratum spinosum).
*Rete ridges lengthened (~7-10x normal) - ''papillomatous hyperplasia''.
**+/-Rete ridge lengthening (~7-10x normal) and thickening - ''papillomatous hyperplasia''.
*Large blood vessels at the dermal-epidermal junction.
*Large blood vessels at the dermal-epidermal junction - between the rete ridges.
*Viral changes - perinuclear halo, nucleus small and hyperchromatic<ref name=Ref_Derm106-7>{{Ref Derm|106-7}}</ref> - '''important''' but can be absent.
*+/-Viral changes - perinuclear halo, nucleus small and hyperchromatic<ref name=Ref_Derm106-7>{{Ref Derm|106-7}}</ref> - '''important''' when present.
**+/-Binucleation.
**+/-Binucleation.


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