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Record 1 2007-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Skin
DEF

An increase in the thickness of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

[...] épaississement du revêtement malpighien [...]

OBS

La peau est un épithélium malpighien kératinisé, c'est-à-dire un empilement de cellules qui fabriquent de la kératine, la protéine constitutive de la peau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Piel
DEF

Lesión de la epidermis caracterizada por la hipertrofia del cuerpo mucoso que aparece usualmente hiperpigmentado.

CONT

El diagnóstico histológico [...] se basa en hiperqueratosis (hipertrofia, desarrollo exagerado, de la capa córnea de la piel) marcada, con disminución de la capa granulosa en algunas zonas y ausencia de éstas en otras. Presencia de orificios foliculares llenos de queratina y acantosis (lesión cutánea que se caracteriza por el engrosamiento del cuerpo mucoso de Malpigio, por multiplicación excesiva de las células) en algunas áreas.

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