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. 2016 Jan-Feb;61(1):124.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.174156.

Multiple Giant Cutaneous Horns in a Renal Transplant Recipient

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Multiple Giant Cutaneous Horns in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Cv Dincy Peter et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2016 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1
(a) Curved compact hyperkeratosis arising from flesh colored nodule over external ear, (b) flesh colored nodule over forehead with central hyperkeratotic plug
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Figure 2
(a) Curved compact hyperkeratosis arising from flesh colored nodule over arm on a background of hyperpigmented stuck on papules, (b) conical compact hyperkeratosis arising from flesh colored nodule over back
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Figure 3
(a) The typical crateriform architecture of keratoacanthoma with a peripheral collarette (H and E, ×200), (b) well differentiated eosinophilic to pale staining glassy abundant cytoplasm characteristic of keratoacanthoma (H and E, ×400)
Figure 4
Figure 4
(a) Keratin filled crater (H and E, ×50), (b) squamous cells with abundant glassy cytoplasm (H and E, ×100), (c and d) squamous cells with abundant glassy cytoplasm (H and E, ×200)

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