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'''Non-malignant skin disease''' is relatively common.  The pathology may or may not be specific.  Some diseases require clinical information to diagnose.
'''Non-malignant skin disease''' is relatively common.  The pathology may or may not be specific.  Some diseases require clinical information to diagnose.  


An introduction to dermatopathology is in the ''[[dermatopathology]]'' article.  [[Nevi]] (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article ''[[melanocytic lesions]]''.  Inflammatory skin conditions are dealt with in ''[[inflammatory skin disorders]]''.
An introduction to dermatopathology is in the ''[[dermatopathology]]'' article.  [[Nevi]] (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article ''[[melanocytic lesions]]''.  Inflammatory skin conditions are dealt with in ''[[inflammatory skin disorders]]''.
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==Clear cell acanthoma==
==Clear cell acanthoma==
===General===
{{Main|Clear cell acanthoma}}
*Benign.
*Elderly.
*Classically on the leg.<ref name=pmid18583817>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Akin | first1 = FY. | last2 = Ertam | first2 = I. | last3 = Ceylan | first3 = C. | last4 = Kazandi | first4 = A. | last5 = Ozdemir | first5 = F. | title = Clear cell acanthoma: new observations on dermatoscopy. | journal = Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | volume = 74 | issue = 3 | pages = 285-7 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 18583817 | URL = http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2008/74/3/285/41396 }}</ref>
*Rare.
*Clinically not distinct.
**Suspected clinically in only ~3% of cases.<ref name=pmid20931670>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Morrison | first1 = LK. | last2 = Duffey | first2 = M. | last3 = Janik | first3 = M. | last4 = Shamma | first4 = HN. | title = Clear cell acanthoma: a rare clinical diagnosis prior to biopsy. | journal = Int J Dermatol | volume = 49 | issue = 9 | pages = 1008-11 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20931670 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.drmihm.com/cases/case.cfm?CaseID=45 http://www.drmihm.com/cases/case.cfm?CaseID=45]. Accessed on: 7 February 2012.</ref>
*Psoriasiform pattern - epidermal thickening ([[acanthosis]]).
*Keratinocytes:
**Pale or light pink cytoplasm (when compared to surrounding non-lesional keratinocytes).
**Separated from one another (spongiosis).
*+/-Stratum corneum [[neutrophil]]s.
 
DDx:
*[[Psoriasis vulgaris]].
 
Images:
*[http://www.drmihm.com/cases/casefigure.cfm?figID=906&CaseID=45 CCA (drmihm.com)].
*[http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-327718365 CCA - low mag. (dermatlas.com)].
*[http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=546460717 CCA - high mag. (dermatlas.com)].


==Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis==
==Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis==
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