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Greg Hosler, MD, PhD

Diagnosis

nevus, epidermal

Body Site

arm

Age

18 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

warty

Color

brown

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

These lesions histologically resemble benign keratoses such as seborrheic keratosis. In the appropriate clinical setting, it is consistent with an epidermal nevus.

Description

Histologic sections of skin show epidermal acanthosis, mild papillomatosis, hyperkeratosis, and increased pigmentation of the basal keratinocytes..

Categories

congenital malformation hyperpigmentation

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1/5/2006 21:55:58

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