Skin pathology is the description of the clinical appearance of the skin at gross and microscopic examination, its structure and functional changes in the presence of ailments.
Skin pathology includes:
- Infections of the skin
- Disorders of epidermal appendages
- Disorders of epidermal maturation
- Acute inflammatory dermatoses
- Chronic inflammatory dermatoses
- Panniculitis
- Premalignant and malignant epidermal tumors
- Disorders of pigmentation and melanocytes
- Benign epithelial tumors
- Adnexal tumors
- Tumors of the dermis
- Bullous diseases
- Tumors of cellular migrants to the skin
- Familial cancer syndromes with skin manifestations
