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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
Picker's nodule
Clinical signs
  • repeated scratching or picking of the skin
  • patients often do not scratch consciously
  • sometimes in patients with psychiatric history (depression, obsessive etc.)
Histology

Prominent acanthosis, hyperkeratosis, thickened granular layer. Crusts, erosions. The apperance corresponds to prurigo nodularis.

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