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pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia

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pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia(PEH), (soo´dōep´ithēlēōmtus hī´purplā´zē, -zh),
n a type of epithelial hyperplasia associated with chronic inflammatory response; distinguished from squamous cell carcinoma by the lack of dysplastic cytologic characteristics.

pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia
hyperkeratosis resembling an epithelioma.


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Immediately overlying the mass, the epithelium demonstrates pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia in most cases (figure 1).
Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia was found in 27 cases, 3 with preulcerative lesions and 24 with ulcers.
Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia characterized by proliferating strands of squamous epithelium protruding into the dermis was also present (Fig.
 
 
 
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