Hypergranulosis. Hyperkeratosis (Thickening of stratum cornuem) Acanthosis (Thickening of Stratum) malpighi. Subepidermal - lichenoid band due to deposition of lymphocytes & histiocytes in upper dermis. Dropping of melanin pigment from damaged keratinocytes of epidermis into dermis --> pigment incontinence. This melanin is engulfed by macrophages which results information of cytoid bodies (civatte or colloid bodies). Mox Joseph Histological cleft -3 Separation of epidermis in small clefts.">