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Achromic verrucous large cell acanthoma
Author(s) -
Ambrojo Prudencio,
Aguilar A.,
Requena L.,
Yus E. Sánchez
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1990.tb00079.x
Subject(s) - dermatology , dorsum , pathology , medicine , lentigo , lentigo maligna , anatomy , melanoma , cancer research
Large cell acanthoma (LCA) is an epidermal neoplasm whose nature has been variously explained. Though frequently hyper‐pigmented, we describe for the first time an achromic case located on the dorsum of the right hand of a 83‐year‐old woman. This observation is largely inconsistent with one of the theories about the nature of this condition: that it is merely a solar lentigo with large nuclei of keratinocytes.