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Non-malignant skin disease (view source)
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*[http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=1767547949 Fibroepithelial polyp (dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=1196583692 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=1196583692]. Accessed on: 1 September 2011.</ref> | *[http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=1767547949 Fibroepithelial polyp (dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=1196583692 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=1196583692]. Accessed on: 1 September 2011.</ref> | ||
==Actinic keratosis== | |||
*AKA solar keratosis. (???) | |||
===General=== | |||
Clinical: yellow-brown scaly, patches, sandpaper sensation. | |||
Risk factors:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1180>{{Ref PBoD8|1180}}</ref> | |||
*Sun exposure. | |||
*Immune suppression (e.g. organ transplant recipients). | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1099775-workup#a0723 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1099775-workup#a0723]. Accessed on: 1 September 2011.</ref> | |||
*Epidermal nuclear atypia: | |||
**Variation is size, shape and staining. | |||
***Nuclear enlargement - '''key feature'''. | |||
****Should involve the basal layer. | |||
*Abnormal epidermal architecture: | |||
**Pallisading. (???) | |||
*+/-Parakeratosis. | |||
*+/-Irregular acanthosis. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Actinic_Keratosis,_H%26E.jpg Actinic keratosis (WC)]. | |||
==Seborrheic keratosis== | ==Seborrheic keratosis== | ||