Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine

M. S. Stone and T. L. Ray

Squamotization

Replacement of the normally cuboidal or columnar basal cells with polygonal or flattened keratinocytes. This occurs mainly in lichenoid tissue reactions.
Example of Squamotization in Lichen Planopilaris.

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September, 1995

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