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Prayer nodules
Author(s) -
VOLLUM D.I.,
AZADEH B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1979.tb01589.x
Subject(s) - prayer , forehead , hyperkeratosis , dermatology , medicine , epidermis (zoology) , histology , pathology , nodule (geology) , anatomy , biology , theology , philosophy , paleontology
Summary The faithful male Shi'ite muslim sometimes develops nodules on his forehead as a result of repeated pressure where he touches his prayer stone. Age and actinic damage may also be factors in the development of the lesions. The histology of the nodules showed hyperkeratosis and thinning of the epidermis with multiple comedones and epidermoid cysts, some of which connected with the overlying epidermis.