Disease or Syndrome
warty dyskeratoma
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A rare, benign, epidermal disease characterized by a solitary, asymptomatic, verrucous, skin-coloured to red-brown papule or nodule, which contains a central pore and keratotic plug, occuring most frequently on the scalp, face and neck (rarely, in the mouth, under the nail plate or on the mons pubis). Occasionally, lesions may be multiple and/or pruritic. Histologically, a well-circumscribed, cup-shaped, keratin-filled invagination, with prominent acantholytic dyskeratosis, suprabasilar clefts and villi projecting into the clefts, is observed.OrphaNetINSERM, 2021
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A rare, usually solitary, benign epithelial tumor of the skin that appears to arise from a hair follicle. It usually develops in the head and neck region as a nodular lesion with a central keratotic plug.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Warty dyskeratoma (WD) is a benign epidermal proliferation first reported in 1957 because of its distinctive histologic findings. WD presents as an umbilicated papule with a keratotic plug, usually limited to the head, neck, or face.WebMD, 2019
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