macular amyloidosis
Histologic Features
- A basket weave horn
- Slight epidermal hyperplasia
- Broadening of dermal papillae and stretching of the rete ridges due to a deposit of pinkish amorphous globules (amyloid)
- Melanophages within the amyloid deposits
- Plump stellate fibroblasts within the amyloid deposit
- A sparse superficial perivascular infiltrate consisting of lymphocytes and histiocytes
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