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Palmoplantar warts

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    Clinical Features:

    • Variant of verrucae vulgares most commonly occurring as a solitary lesion on the ball of the foot
    • Often markedly hyperkeratotic

    Histologic Features:

    • Marked hyperkeratosis
    • Marked papillomatosis
    • Vacuolated keratinocytes with brightly eosinophilic inclusions around the periphery of the cell
    • Strongly basophilic, round keratinocyte nuclei
    Differential Diagnosis (also link to): 

    Cases associated with this book:

  • Palmoplantar wart
    Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.

    Conference: DermatopathologyConsultations.com Teaching Collection