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dyskeratoma (medicine)


dyskeratoma
<tumour> A skin tumour exhibiting dyskeratosis.

Origin: dys-+ G. Keras, horn, + -oma, tumour

Warty dyskeratoma, a benign solitary tumour of the skin, usually of the scalp, face, or neck, with a central keratotic plug; it appears to arise from a hair follicle, and microscopically resembles a lesion of keratosis follicularis but is larger, with more extensive epithelial downgrowth.

Synonym: isolated dyskeratosis follicularis.


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