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Skin Neoplasm
A benign or malignant tumor involving the skin. Representative examples of benign skin neoplasms include the benign melanocytic skin nevus, acanthoma, sebaceous adenoma, sweat gland adenoma, lipoma, hemangioma, fibroma, and benign fibrous histiocytoma. Representative examples of malignant skin neoplasms include basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and Kaposi sarcoma. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Death of one or more layers of skin.
A skin carcinoma displaying cytological characteristics intermediate to nodular basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
Softening and whitening of the skin due to excessive moisture.
A malignant vascular neoplasm of the skin arising from the lymphatic vessels.
Lymphangiomyomatosis involving the dermis.
A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the skin. It presents with patches, plaques, or nodules.
