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Non-malignant skin disease (view source)
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Benign. | *Benign. | ||
* | *Most common tumour in older people.<ref name=emed_sk2>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview#a0199 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview#a0199]. Accessed on: 26 August 2011.</ref> | ||
Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*Old people. | *Old people. | ||
*Usu. in sun exposed area.<ref name=emed_sk1>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview]. Accessed on: 26 August 2011.</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* | *Epidermis extra thick - raised above skin surface - hyper. | ||
*"Horn cysts" - | *Intraepidermal collections of keratin - "Horn cysts". | ||
*Clusters of cells with brown granular material in the superficial dermis/dermoepidermal junction - pigmented melanocytes. | |||
Images: | Images: | ||