keratin pearl

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keratin pearl

A focus of central keratinization found within concentric layers of abnormal squamous cells, occurring in squamous cell carcinoma. Also called epithelial pearl.

keratin

a scleroprotein which is the principal constituent of epidermis, hair, nails, horny tissues, and the organic matrix of the enamel of the teeth. Its solution is sometimes used in coating pills when the latter are desired to pass through the stomach unchanged.

keratin cyst

see horn cyst.

keratin pearl

see horn pearls.

keratin tag

see fibrovascular papilloma.

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