Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia


Hyperkeratosis

Hyperkeratosis is thickening of the outer layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, which is composed of large, polyhedral, plate-like envelopes filled with keratin which are the dead cells that have migrated up from the stratum granulosum.


Total: 1

                       


(per page)
PMID (PMCID)
3404517
 FEMALE Adult
Malignant potential of mixed vulvar dystrophy (lichen sclerosus associated with squamous cell hyperplasia).
Rodke G, Friedrich EG Jr, Wilkinson EJ.
J Reprod Med. 1988;33(6):545-50.
Fifteen patients had lichen sclerosus with various degrees of hyperkeratosis, while one had human papillomavirus-associated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia and another had only mild chronic inflammation.