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Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod

Inverted follicular keratosis is a rare benign tumor of the follicular infundibulum characterized by exo-endophytic growing. It is thought to be a rare variant of the seborrheic keratosis. The diagnosis of inverted follicular keratosis is generally established histopathologically because clinical di...

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Autores principales: Karadag, Ayse Serap, Ozlu, Emin, Uzuncakmak, Tugba Kevser, Akdeniz, Necmettin, Cobanoglu, Bengu, Oman, Berkant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4886589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27294052
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.182354
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author Karadag, Ayse Serap
Ozlu, Emin
Uzuncakmak, Tugba Kevser
Akdeniz, Necmettin
Cobanoglu, Bengu
Oman, Berkant
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description Inverted follicular keratosis is a rare benign tumor of the follicular infundibulum characterized by exo-endophytic growing. It is thought to be a rare variant of the seborrheic keratosis. The diagnosis of inverted follicular keratosis is generally established histopathologically because clinical differentiation from other lesions is difficult. Herein, we present one such rare case, successfully treated with topical 5% imiquimod cream.
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spelling pubmed-48865892016-06-10 Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod Karadag, Ayse Serap Ozlu, Emin Uzuncakmak, Tugba Kevser Akdeniz, Necmettin Cobanoglu, Bengu Oman, Berkant Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Inverted follicular keratosis is a rare benign tumor of the follicular infundibulum characterized by exo-endophytic growing. It is thought to be a rare variant of the seborrheic keratosis. The diagnosis of inverted follicular keratosis is generally established histopathologically because clinical differentiation from other lesions is difficult. Herein, we present one such rare case, successfully treated with topical 5% imiquimod cream. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4886589/ /pubmed/27294052 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.182354 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Karadag, Ayse Serap
Ozlu, Emin
Uzuncakmak, Tugba Kevser
Akdeniz, Necmettin
Cobanoglu, Bengu
Oman, Berkant
Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
title Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
title_full Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
title_fullStr Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
title_full_unstemmed Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
title_short Inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
title_sort inverted follicular keratosis successfully treated with imiquimod
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4886589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27294052
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.182354
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