loading...| Preferred Name | Keratoacanthoma | |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Keratoacanthoma |
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| DEFINITION |
A dome-shaped, rapidly growing skin lesion composed of well differentiated squamous cells. It represents a proliferation of the infundibular epithelium of the hair follicle and its morphologic distinction from a well differentiated carcinoma may be difficult or impossible. Keratoacanthomas affect males more frequently than females and the majority tend to regress spontaneously. It has been suggested that keratoacanthoma represents a distinct subtype of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. |
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KERATOACANTHOMA, UNDETERMINED |
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A dome-shaped, rapidly growing skin lesion composed of well differentiated squamous cells. It represents a proliferation of the infundibular epithelium of the hair follicle and its morphologic distinction from a well differentiated carcinoma may be difficult or impossible. Keratoacanthomas affect males more frequently than females and the majority tend to regress spontaneously. It has been suggested that keratoacanthoma represents a distinct subtype of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. |
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Keratoacanthoma |
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Thesaurus:Keratoacanthoma |
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Keratoacanthoma |
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KERATOACANTHOMA, UNDETERMINED |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Epithelial_Skin_Neoplasm |