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#redirect [[Non-malignant_skin_disease#Lichenoid_keratosis]]
'''Lichenoid keratosis''' is a [[non-malignant skin disease|benign skin condition]].


It is also known as '''lichen planus-like keratosis'''.
==General==
*Caucasians - middle age or older.
*May be a variant of [[seborrheic keratosis]] (with marked inflammation).<ref name=Ref_Derm346>{{Ref Derm|346}}</ref>
Clinical DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm346>{{Ref Derm|346}}</ref>
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]], [[squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]], melanocytic neoplasm.
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm347>{{Ref Derm|347}}</ref>
*Hyperkeratosis.
*Parakeratosis.
*Band of inflammatory cells at DE junction (lichenoid inflammation).
*Dead keratinocytes (Civatte bodies).
*Dermal melanophages.
DDx:
*[[Lichen planus]] - need clinical correlation (mucosal lesions).
*[[Drug reaction]].
*[[Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma]].
*Regressed melanocytic lesion, esp. [[malignant melanoma]].
*Lichenoid [[actinic keratosis]] - has atypical hyperchromatic basal cells - esp. at edge of lesion, usu. in the context of [[solar elastosis]].
Images:
*[http://www.dermpathexpert.com/id57.html Lichenoid keratosis (dermpathexpert.com)].
==Sign out==
<pre>
SKIN LESION, MID-MIDDLE BACK, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- LICHENOID KERATOSIS.
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===Incompletely excised===
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT CHEST, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- LICHENOID KERATOSIS VERSUS ACTINIC KERATOSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
- SEE COMMENT.
COMMENT:
No eosinophils are apparent. No melanocytic lesion is identified; however, excision of the
whole lesion to exclude a partially regressed melanocytic lesion is suggested.
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==See also==
*[[Non-malignant skin disease]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Non-malignant skin disease]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
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