Dyskeratosis

Dyskeratosis
SpecialtyDermatology
Not to be confused with Dyskaryosis.

Dyskeratosis is abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.[1]

Dyskeratosis congenita is congenital disease characterized by reticular skin pigmentation, nail degeneration, and leukoplakia on the mucous membranes associated with short telomeres.[2]

  1. ^ Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelso; Abbas, Abul (2004) Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Saunders. Page 1392. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  2. ^ Mason PJ, Bessler M (2011). "The genetics of dyskeratosis congenita". Cancer Genetics. 204 (12): 635–645. doi:10.1016/j.cancergen.2011.11.002. PMC 3269008. PMID 22285015.