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epidermal scale
In dermatology: A small thin plate of horny epithelium, resembling a fish scale, cast off from the skin.
Etiology:
- eczema/dermatatitis
- nummular dermatitis
- cutaneous fungal infection
- dermatophytosis
- Tinea versicolor
- scabies
- ichthyosis
- psoriasis
- pellagra
- discoid lupus erythematosus
- Bowen's disease
- lichen planus
- Pityriasis rubra pilaris
- peripheral vascular disease
- varicose veins
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Hodgkin's disease
- non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
General
abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Skin texture changes
http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/sym/skin_texture_changes.htm