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cornoid lamellae

Monday 27 June 2016

Definition: A cornoid lamella is a thin column of closely stacked, parakeratotic cells extending through the stratum corneum with a thin or absent granular layer.

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 Prominent hypekeratosis with well-developed cornoid lamellae in porokeratosis of Mibelli

 porokeratosis

Porokeratosis has a characteristic histomorphologic feature known as a cornoid lamella .

See also

 epidermal anomalies

 porokeratosis of Mibelli

See also

 epidermal anomalies