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• sarcocystosis

  19 January

  Definition : A diseases cause by Sarcocystis sp. infection.

• esophagitis

  19 January

  Definition: Esophageal inflammation.
  Etiology - Examples
  HSV-associated esophagitis
  radiation esophagitis
  See also
  esophageal anomalies
  esophageal diseases
  esophageal tumors

• somatotroph adenoma

  19 January

  Images
  https://twitter.com/Patholwalker/status/1615638222264238082

• atypical pleomorphic lipomatous tumor

  19 January

  APLT
  Images
  Atypical pleomorphic lipomatous tumor https://twitter.com/Greg_Charville/status/1614617271258824705

• acantholytic dyskeratotic acanthoma

  19 January

  Definition : Acantholytic dyskeratotic acanthoma is a rare variant of epidermal acanthoma characterized pathologically by the presence of acantholysis and dyskeratosis.
  Variants
  can be multiple in allogenic transplant recipient (#31046909#, #30128341#)
  Open references
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4131993/
  See also
  epidermal acanthoma : acanthomas

• large cell acanthoma

  19 January

  Definition : The large cell acanthoma presents as a slightly scaly tan macule on photodamaged skin.
  Clinical differential diagnosis
  lentigo senilis
  pigmented actinic keratosis
  flat and pigmented seborrheic keratosis.
  See also
  acanthomas

• epidermolysis

  19 January

  Adj. epidermolytic
  Examples
  epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
  epidermolytic acanthosis

• horn pseudocysts

  19 January

  horn pseudocyst
  Definition : intralesional cysts of loose keratin.
  Etiology / Examples
  seborrheic keratosis

• intraepidermal tumors

  19 January

  intra-epidermal proliferation ; epidermal in situ tumors
  Examples
  seborrheic keratosis / KS clonal seborrheic keratosis
  hidroacanthoma simplex / intraepidermal poroma / in situ poroma
  intraepidermal carcinomas / epidermal in situ carcinomas
  See also
  epidermal tumors

• eccrine porocarcinoma

  19 January

  PO
  Synopsis
  May remain completely intraepidermal ( in situ porocarcinoma ) but is more often associated with an invasive dermal component
  poroma cells
  typical ductal lumina
  cytological features of malignancy nuclear and cytoplasmic pleomorphism, nuclear hyperchromatism and mitotic activity
  Prognosis
  Prone to have local recurrence (17%) and is occasionally associated with nodal metastases (19%); however, systemic spread is rare (...)

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