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Granular parakeratotic acanthoma.

Kenneth S Resnik·Gary R Kantor·Mario DiLeonardo
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Granular parakeratosis was originally described as a dermatosis confined to the axillae that histopathologically shows characteristic findings in the cornified layer consisting of parakeratotic corneocytes housing keratohyaline granules. Since the original description of this entity, non-intertriginous examples and even incidental foci of granular parakeratotic corneocytes in association with other dermatoses have been recognized. This report details the findings of a previously unreported entity that we are naming granular parakeratotic acanthoma, which is fundamentally akin to acantholytic dyskeratotic acanthoma and epidermolytic acanthoma (ie, a solitary keratosis that histopathologically displays features indicated in its name).

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Kenneth S Resnik, Gary R Kantor, Mario DiLeonardo. 2005. Granular parakeratotic acanthoma.. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.dad.0000175531.19745.69

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