Acantholytic dyskeratotic acanthoma: a variant of a benign keratosis

J Cutan Pathol. 2008 Mar;35(3):298-301. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00799.x.

Abstract

Acantholytic acanthoma was originally described as a solitary lesion displaying histologic features of acantholysis without dyskeratosis. Solitary, non-genital lesions displaying confluent acantholysis and dyskeratosis have not been well described in the literature, clinically or histologically. We screened cases at our institution over a 6-month period and found 28 such lesions. Lesions were most often found on the trunk as a solitary papule, for which the clinical diagnosis was often basal cell carcinoma. There was a slight female predominance. Confluent acantholysis and dyskeratosis is a histologic pattern that may present as a solitary keratosis.

MeSH terms

  • Acantholysis / complications
  • Acantholysis / pathology*
  • Acanthoma / complications
  • Acanthoma / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keratosis / complications
  • Keratosis / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Factors
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*