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Cluster of Vacuolated Spinous Keratinocytes: A Clue to Cornoid Lamellation and a Case of Porokeratosis Disseminata.
The American Journal of dermatopathology - 1 Sept 2020
Keller Lauren P, Halim Kareem, Abedi Syed M, Liu Wentao, Gottesman Silvija P
Abstract excerpt
Cornoid lamella is a definitive diagnostic feature of porokeratosis, a disorder of keratinization that has various different clinical presentations. A tiered column of parakeratosis and a diminished granular layer with dyskeratotic keratinocytes at the column base are all useful and known features of cornoid lamellation. We have found a cluster of vacuolated spinous cells to be a reliable fourth feature of...
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