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Complete Regression Of Crateriform Verruca After Partial Biopsy: Another Type Of Epithelial Crateriform Tumor Or A Subtype Of Keratoacanthoma?

Fukumoto, T., Takai, T., Sakaguchi, M., Oka, M., & Nishigori, C. (2018). Complete regression of crateriform verruca after partial biopsy: Another type of epithelial crateriform tumor or a subtype of keratoacanthoma?. The Journal of dermatology, 45(6), e152–e153. https://doi.org/10.1111/1346-8138.14186

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Case Details

Disease Location

Skin

Personal Characteristics

76-year-old man

Clinical Characteristics

Presented with a 4-month history of a nodule. Physical examination revealed a crateriform nodule with a central keratinous plug on his left anterior chest. Skin. Biopsy and histopathological analysis revealed a cup-like epidermis with hyperkeratosis and acanthosis, a focal thickened granular layer containing keratohyalin granules, and proliferating similar-sized keratinocytes in a regular arrangement, as well as koilocytes, rare atypia, and a few pale-pink cells. The patient was diagnosed with crateriform verruca

Remission Characteristics

14 days after biopsy, the remaining nodule disappeared completely without additional therapy

Treatment & Mechanisms

Clinical Treatment

Biopsy

Non-Clinical Treatment

None reported