A comedo is a clogged hair follicle (pore) in the skin. Keratin (skin debris) combines with oil to block the follicle. A comedo can be open (blackhead)...
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Comedo extraction is a widely used method of treatment for acne vulgaris. A dermatologist or cosmetologist may extract blackheads (open comedones) using...
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Nevus comedonicus (redirect from Comedo nevus)
Nevus comedonicus, also known as a comedo nevus is characterized by closely arranged, grouped, often linear, slightly elevated papules that have at their...
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is a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin known medically as an open comedo. Blackhead may also refer to: Blackhead (New Zealand), a cliff promontory...
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Comedocarcinoma (redirect from Comedo carcinoma)
are usually non-infiltrating and intraductal tumors, characterized as a comedo-type, high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). However, there have been...
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A pimple or zit is a kind of comedo that results from excess sebum and dead skin cells getting trapped in the pores of the skin. In its aggravated state...
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Nonpuerperal mastitis (section Comedo mastitis)
lesion is in some cases very difficult to distinguish from breast cancer. Comedo mastitis is a very rare form similar to granulomatous mastitis but with...
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calcifications are often visible on mammographic images. Periductal mastitis, comedo mastitis, secretory disease of the breast, plasma cell mastitis and mastitis...
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is a cutaneous condition characterized by a solitary, prominent, open comedo on the face or upper trunk of an individual.: 675 Louis H. Winer is credited...
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carcinoma in situ with comedo necrosis spanning 30% of its diameter, which is generally regarded as the minimal size to classify it as comedo. There are different...
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