Difference between revisions of "Non-malignant skin disease"

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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>
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