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. 2014 Oct;5(4):526-8.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.142546.

Bowen's disease: An unusual clinical presentation

Ameet Dandale  1 , Meeta Dipak Mantri  1 , Viral Thakkar  1 , Rachita S Dhurat  1 , Smita Ghate  1
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Bowen's disease: An unusual clinical presentation

Ameet Dandale et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2014 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Single painless minimally scaly hypo pigmented plaque with a hyper pigmented border of 2 cm × 0.5 cm was seen on the dorsolateral aspect of the shaft of penis
Figure 2
Figure 2
Epidermis shows acanthosis with elongation and thickening of the rete ridges with crowding of keratinocyte. Throughout the epidermis, the cells lie in complete disorder, resulting in a “wind-blown” appearance (H and E, ×40)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Basement membrane was intact. Anisocytosis, loss of polarity and few mitotic figures were seen. The dyskeratotic cells were large, round and had a homogeneous, strongly eosinophilic cytoplasm and a hyperchromatic nucleus (H and E, ×400)
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