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Distinctive epidermal atypia in immunosuppression‐associated cutaneous malignancy
Author(s) -
PRICE M. L.,
TIDMAN M. J.,
FAGG N. L. K.,
PALMER T. J.,
MACDONALD D. M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1988.tb02006.x
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , malignancy , atypia , medicine , pathology , dermatology
The histopathological appearance of proliferative squamous lesions removed from the skin of iatrogenically immunosuppressed patients differs subtly from that of classical malignant and premalignant epidermal lesions. The majority of cases show ‘Bowenoid’ changes with a marked degree of cellular atypia including characteristic multinucleate cells.