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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis
Clinical signs
  • widespread, tiny, flat papules
  • irregular macules of red-brown color
  • the disease is sometimes familial
  • children are affected more frequently
  • danger of malignant transformation into Bowen's carcinoma or even into invasive squamous carcinoma
Etiology
Histology

Slight hyperkeratosis, acanthosis; sometimes with papillomatosis; prominent cytopathic effect: many vacuolated keratinocytes, keratohyaline granules, keratinocytes with broad, slightly basophilic cytoplasm; dyskeratotic cells.

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (4487)