Clear-cell acanthoma versus acanthosis: A psoriasiform reaction pattern lacking tricholemmal differentiation

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-384

  Zedek, Daniel C ^a   Langel, Desiree J ^b   White, Wain L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Greensboro Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthoma; Clear cell acanthoma; Outer follicular sheath; Pale cell acanthoma; Psoriasis; Tricholemmal differentiation; Tricholemmoma

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75;

ACANTHOMA; ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRICHILEMMOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ACANTHOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KERATINS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PSORIASIS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547678069     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31806f46f2     Document Type: Article

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