title: Residents' corner: cryosurgery of clear cell acanthoma.
abstract: A case is presented of an epidermal tumor occurring in an 84-year-old male which had been treated for many years as a chronic dermatitis. Following histologic confirmation of clear cell acanthoma, cryosurgery was attempted, resulting in a complete resolution of the tumor with no recurrence at 6 months.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003452:Cryosurgery; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications