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Clear (pale) cell acanthosis as an incidental finding
Author(s) -
Ko Christine J.,
Subtil Antonio
Publication year - 2009
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.1600-0560.2008.01069.x
Subject(s) - acanthosis , seborrheic keratosis , epidermolytic hyperkeratosis , pathology , hyperkeratosis , dyskeratosis , keratosis , context (archaeology) , biopsy , clear cell , medicine , lesion , dermatology , acanthosis nigricans , biology , carcinoma , paleontology , insulin resistance , obesity
Different patterns of epidermal change, including epidermolytic hyperkeratosis and acantholytic dyskeratosis, may represent the predominant histopathologic finding in several localized and generalized processes. Occasionally, minute foci of these reaction patterns are identified as an incidental finding in a biopsy taken because of the presence of some other lesion. Clear (pale) cell acanthosis may occur as the main histologic alteration in clear (pale) cell acanthoma or incidentally, such as may be seen within a seborrheic keratosis. Two cases of incidental minute foci of clear (pale) cell acanthosis are described and put into the broader context of other epidermal histologic reaction patterns.