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epidermal tumors

Classification

- benign epidermal tumors

  • epidermal hamartoma (epidermal nevus)
  • seborrheic keratosis
  • epithelial polyp
  • clear cell acanthoma
  • keratoacanthoma
  • warty dyskeratoma
  • verrucae

- precancerous epidermal lesions

- maligant epidermal tumors

  • cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
  • cutaneous basal cell carcinoma

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References

- Owens DM, Watt FM. Contribution of stem cells and differentiated cells to epidermal tumours. Nat Rev Cancer. 2003 Jun;3(6):444-51. PMID: #12778134#

- Perez-Losada J, Balmain A. Stem-cell hierarchy in skin cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2003 Jun;3(6):434-43. PMID: #12778133#