Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus

Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevi are skin lesions that follow the lines of Blaschko, characterized histologically by hypergranulosis with orthokeratosis and parakeratosis

Parakeratosis

Parakeratosis is a mode of keratinization characterized by the retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum. Parakeratosis: The orderly but abnormal keratinisation of cells so that the keratin layer consists of plump nucleated keratinised cells instead of annular squames...

with agranulosis.

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