Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine

M. S. Stone and T. L. Ray

Acanthosis

The increase in the thickness of the stratum malpighii.
Examples of acanthosis in Psoriasis (top) and Lichen Simplex Chronicus (bottom).

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September, 1995

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