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==General== | ==General== | ||
Clinical: | |||
*Pruritis (itchness).<ref name=pmid8816570>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zug | first1 = KA. | last2 = McKay | first2 = M. | title = Eczematous dermatitis: a practical review. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 54 | issue = 4 | pages = 1243-50, 1253-4 | month = Sep | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8816570 }}</ref> | |||
Histological findings are nonspecific - the DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm13>{{Ref Derm|13}}</ref> | Histological findings are nonspecific - the DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm13>{{Ref Derm|13}}</ref> | ||
*Spongiotic drug reaction. | *Spongiotic drug reaction. | ||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*[[Spongiotic dermatitis]]. | *[[Spongiotic dermatitis]]: | ||
**Intracellular edema in the epidermis (spongiosis). | |||
Chronicity: | ***Cell borders and squamous bridges visible. | ||
*Acute: epidermal intracellular edema ([[spongiosis]]) +/-intraepidermal vesicles. | **Chronicity: | ||
*Subacute: spongiosis and [[parakeratosis]]. | ***Acute: epidermal intracellular edema ([[spongiosis]]) +/-intraepidermal vesicles. | ||
*Chronic: psoriasiform epidermal hyperplasia - see [[lichen simplex chronicus]]. | ***Subacute: spongiosis and [[parakeratosis]]. | ||
***Chronic: psoriasiform epidermal hyperplasia - see [[lichen simplex chronicus]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||