Multiple Epidermolytic Acanthomas on the Scrotum: What Genital Pruritus Can Reveal.

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  • P García-Martínez
  • L Curto-Barredo
  • R Rovira-López
  • R M Pujol
چکیده

Epidermolytic acanthoma (EA) is a rare benign lesion described by Shapiro and Baraf in 1970. It typically presents clinically as a solitary, asymptomatic verrucous papule. Histologically, there is an epidermal proliferation (acanthoma) with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, without the concomitant presence of signs suggestive of other cutaneous tumors. The presence of multiple EAs in the genital and perigenital region

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Actas dermo-sifiliograficas

دوره 109 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2018