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Abnormal rete ridge morphology

MedGen UID:
1842091
•Concept ID:
C5826650
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0034767

Definition

Abnormal structure of the rete ridges (also known as rete pegs), which are downward projections of epithelium surrounding the connective tissue papillae in between the dermal papillae. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbnormal rete ridge morphology

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Rorγt+ innate lymphocytes and γδ T cells initiate psoriasiform plaque formation in mice.
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Early histopathologic changes in grover disease.
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Am J Dermatopathol 2010 Aug;32(6):565-7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181cb3fbe. PMID: 20520528
Diagnosis of vulval inflammatory dermatoses: a pathological study with clinical correlation.
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Grading of atypia in nevi: correlation with melanoma risk.
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Mod Pathol 2003 Aug;16(8):764-71. doi: 10.1097/01.MP.0000082394.91761.E5. PMID: 12920220

Diagnosis

Dowling-Degos disease involving the vulva and back: case report and review of the literature.
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Dermatol Online J 2011 Jul 15;17(7):1. PMID: 21810386
Familial cases of atypical clinical features genetically diagnosed as LEOPARD syndrome (multiple lentigines syndrome).
Kato H, Yoshida R, Tsukamoto K, Suga H, Eto H, Higashino T, Araki J, Ogata T, Yoshimura K
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Brown plaques on the lower back.
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Early histopathologic changes in grover disease.
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Am J Dermatopathol 2010 Aug;32(6):565-7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181cb3fbe. PMID: 20520528
Late-onset Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
Kumar P, Sharma PK, Gautam RK, Jain RK, Kar HK
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Therapy

Dowling-Degos disease involving the vulva and back: case report and review of the literature.
Horner ME, Parkinson KE, Kaye V, Lynch PJ
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Histopathologic changes in oral mucosa of Yemenis addicted to water-pipe and cigarette smoking in addition to takhzeen al-qat.
Ali AA
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Histopathological changes in oral mucosa due to takhzeen al-qat: a study of 70 biopsies.
Ali AA, Al-Sharabi AK, Aguirre JM
J Oral Pathol Med 2006 Feb;35(2):81-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2006.00362.x. PMID: 16430737
Human psoriatic skin in organ culture: comparison with normal skin exposed to exogenous growth factors and effects of an antibody to the EGF receptor.
Varani J, Kang S, Stoll S, Elder JT
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Treatment of Darier's disease with an oral aromatic retinoid (Ro 10-9359): a clinical and light and electron microscopic study.
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Prognosis

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Restrictive dermopathy: a case report and a critical review of all hypotheses of its origin.
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Restrictive dermopathy: report of a case and review of the literature.
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J Cutan Pathol 2001 Apr;28(4):211-8. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2001.028004211.x. PMID: 11426829
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia of the simplex (differentiated) type: a clinicopathologic study including analysis of HPV and p53 expression.
Yang B, Hart WR
Am J Surg Pathol 2000 Mar;24(3):429-41. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200003000-00013. PMID: 10716158

Clinical prediction guides

Increased epidermal thickness and abnormal epidermal differentiation in keloid scars.
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Late-onset Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
Kumar P, Sharma PK, Gautam RK, Jain RK, Kar HK
Int J Dermatol 2007 May;46(5):492-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03248.x. PMID: 17472679
Restrictive dermopathy: a case report and a critical review of all hypotheses of its origin.
Nijsten TE, De Moor A, Colpaert CG, Robert K, Mahieu LM, Lambert J
Pediatr Dermatol 2002 Jan-Feb;19(1):67-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00029.x. PMID: 11860576
Restrictive dermopathy. Report of 12 cases. Dutch Task Force on Genodermatology.
Smitt JH, van Asperen CJ, Niessen CM, Beemer FA, van Essen AJ, Hulsmans RF, Oranje AP, Steijlen PM, Wesby-van Swaay E, Tamminga P, Breslau-Siderius EJ
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Perforating lichen nitidus.
Itami A, Ando I, Kukita A
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