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  2. Acantholysis - Wikipedia

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    Acantholysis is the loss of intercellular connections, such as desmosomes, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, [1] seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris. [2] It is absent in bullous pemphigoid , making it useful for differential diagnosis .

  3. Transient acantholytic dermatosis - Wikipedia

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    Grover's disease (GD) is a polymorphic, pruritic, papulovesicular dermatosis characterized histologically by acantholysis [2]: 529 with or without dyskeratosis. [3] Once confirmed, most cases of Grover's disease last six to twelve months, which is why it was originally called "transient". However it may last much longer.

  4. Histopathologic diagnosis of dermatitis - Wikipedia

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    Wedge-shaped hypergranulosis can occur in the eccrine ducts (acrosyringia) or hair follicles (acrotrichia). In the hypertrophic subtype, the associated hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, hypergranulosis, papillomatosis, acanthosis, and hyperplasia markedly increased with thicker collagen bundles forming in the dermis.

  5. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Cushing's syndrome Acanthosis nigricans associated with obesity, insulin-resistant states, and endocrinopathy; Excess ovarian androgen release syndrome (ovarian SAHA syndrome) Familial acanthosis nigricans (acanthosis nigricans type II) Growth hormone deficiency; Hyperandrogenism–insulin resistance–acanthosis nigricans syndrome (HAIR-AN ...

  6. Acanthosis nigricans - Wikipedia

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    Acanthosis nigricans is a medical sign characterised by brown-to-black, poorly defined, velvety hyperpigmentation of the skin. [1] It is usually found in body folds, [ 2 ] such as the posterior and lateral folds of the neck , the armpits , groin , navel , forehead and other areas.

  7. Parakeratosis - Wikipedia

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    Early actinic keratosis with parakeratosis, with black arrows indicating one of multiple retained nuclei in the stratum corneum. Parakeratosis is a mode of keratinization characterized by the retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum. [1]

  8. Skin condition - Wikipedia

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    A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, nails, and related muscle and glands. [1]

  9. Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus - Wikipedia

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    Also characteristic is moderate acanthosis a thickening of the stratum spinosum with elongation of rete ridges. [ citation needed ] - Characteristic histologic feature is regular alternation of slightly raised parakeratotic areas without a granular layer ( hypogranulosis ) and slightly depressed orthokeratotic areas with prominent granular ...