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• verrucous epidermal nevus

  30 January

  Definition : A verrucous epidermal nevus (VEN) is a skin disorder that commonly presents at birth and is frequently resistant to multiple treatment modalities.
  Epidermal nevi are a hamartomas of the skin and have multiple clinical variants including a verrucous type.
  A VEN consists of hyperplasia of the epidermis and typically appears as verrucous papules or well-demarcated papillomatous plaques that are skin-colored to brown.
  These tumors can be located anywhere, including the head, (...)

• oral verrucous hyperplasia

  30 January

  Definition : Verrucous hyperplasia (VH) is a rare exophytic oral mucosal lesion which can transform into verrucous carcinoma (VC), its malignant but clinically similar counterpart.
  Verrucous hyperplasia is a premalignant exophytic oral mucosal lesion with a predominantly verrucous or papillary surface; this lesion can subsequently transform into verrucous carcinoma (VC), a well-established warty variant of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
  Open references (...)

• verrucous epidermal hyperplasia

  30 January

  See also
  oral epidermal hyperplasia

• acanthosis nigricans

  30 January

  PO
  Differential diagnosis
  condyloma acuminata
  epidermal nevus
  seborrheic keratosis

• subungual chondroma

  30 January

  See also
  subungual region subungual anomalies subungual tumors
  Paywall references
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23869595/
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19104693/

• subungual region

  30 January

  Pathology
  subungual anomalies subungual hematoma subungual exostosis subungual chondroma subungual hyperkeratosis subungual scabies subungual onychomycosis
  subungual tumors subungual keratoacanthoma pas roniques qui subungual melanoma

• Nancy Index Score

  26 January

  Nancy Index Scores of Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity
  Open references
  Nancy Index Scores of Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity Associate With Development of Colorectal Neoplasia. 2019.
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31085339/

• multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

  25 January

  SARS-CoV-2–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children ; MIS-C
  References
  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3627

• dermal mucinoses

  20 January

  Dermal mucinose ; dermal mucinosis
  Definition : Dermal mucin increase.
  Increased dermal mucin is a feature of lupus erythematosus (LE), but is not specifical. #25925107#
  Dermal mucinoses are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by abnormal deposition of dermal mucin, an amorphous substance composed of hyaluronic acid and sulfated glycosaminoglycans. (#19614999#)
  Normal photodamaged skin showed significantly more mucin in the superficial reticular dermis compared to (...)

• Sarcocystis sp.

  19 January

  WKP
  Definition : Sarcocystis is a genus of protozoan parasites, with many species infecting mammals, reptiles and birds. Its name is dervived from Greek sarx = flesh and kystis = bladder.

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