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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
Granuloma fissuratum
Clinical signs
  • location: face (pressure caused by spectacles) or oral mucosa (pressure by dental prosthesis)
  • papule or nodule, often with central depression
  • sometimes ulcerated
Histology

Papule with central depression, with hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis, sometimes ulcerated. Acanthosis, variable dermal edema and/or fibrosis. Variable chronic dermal inflammation.

Pictures

Granuloma (acanthoma) fissuratum: Acanthoma fissuratum, HE 20x (4377)