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| Micro      = alterating [[orthokeratosis]] and [[parakeratosis]] (known as "checkerboard pattern"), marked uniform [[acanthosis]] with broad dermal papillae and broad epidermal ridges, , +/-eosinophils (common), follicular plugging, scattered foci of [[acantholysis]] (common), occasional mild spongiosis
| Micro      = alterating [[orthokeratosis]] and [[parakeratosis]] (known as "checkerboard pattern"), marked uniform [[acanthosis]] with broad dermal papillae and broad epidermal ridges, , +/-eosinophils (common), follicular plugging, scattered foci of [[acantholysis]] (common), occasional mild spongiosis
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[Dermatomycosis|fungal infection]], Psoriasis, Darier disease, seborrhoeic dermatitis
| LMDDx      = [[Dermatomycosis|fungal infection]], [[psoriasis]], [[Darier disease]], [[seborrhoeic dermatitis]]
| Stains    = PASD -ve (to r/o fungal infections)
| Stains    = PASD -ve (to r/o fungal infections)
| IHC        =
| IHC        =
| EM        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| IF        = negative (changes in ''Desmoglein 1'' & ''Desmoglein 3'' in [[pemphigus vulgaris]])
| Gross      = salmon-coloured plaques, well-demarcated
| Gross      = salmon-coloured plaques, well-demarcated
| Grossing  =
| Grossing  =
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| Assdx      = HIV infection - recalcitrant PRP
| Assdx      = HIV infection - recalcitrant PRP
| Syndromes  =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx = Classic adult - self-limited exfoliative, erythematous dermatitis that starts over the head and neck and extends downwards forming orange plaques with spared islands of normal skin, follicular hyperkeratosis, palmar involvement with orange hyperkeratosis.
| Clinicalhx = Classic adult - self-limited exfoliative, erythematous dermatitis that starts over the head and neck and extends downwards forming orange plaques with spared islands of normal skin, follicular hyperkeratosis, palmar involvement with orange hyperkeratosis
| Signs      =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Symptoms  =
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*Occasional mild spongiosis.
*Occasional mild spongiosis.


==Histologic DDx==
Notes:
*PRP is easy to miss - clinical history (r/o PRP) usually needed to prompt correct diagnosis.
*PRP is easy to miss - clinical history (r/o PRP) usually needed to prompt correct diagnosis.
*Psoriasis vulgaris <ref name=pmid18418089>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brinster | first1 = NK. | title = Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part I). | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 76-96 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181664e8d | PMID = 18418089 }}</ref> - thinned suprapapillary plates, hypogranulosis, neutrophils in the stratum corneum, dilated papillary dermal blood vessels, acantholysis absent
 
*Lichen simplex chronicus - usually a localized process, not a widespread process.
===Microscopic DDx===
 
*[[Psoriasis vulgaris]]<ref name=pmid18418089>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brinster | first1 = NK. | title = Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part I). | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 76-96 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181664e8d | PMID = 18418089 }}</ref> - thinned suprapapillary plates, hypogranulosis, neutrophils in the stratum corneum, dilated papillary dermal blood vessels, acantholysis absent.
*[[Lichen simplex chronicus]] - usually a localized process, not a widespread process.
*Darier disease - acantholysis is prominent with corps ronds and grains, follicular plugging absent.  
*Darier disease - acantholysis is prominent with corps ronds and grains, follicular plugging absent.  
*Pemphigus vulgaris - PRP with extensive acantholysis could mimic - IF will be negative in PRP
*[[Pemphigus vulgaris]] - PRP with extensive acantholysis can mimic; [[immunofluorescence|IF]] will be negative in PRP.
*Hailey-Hailey - Falling brick wall pattern of acantholysis.
*[[Hailey-Hailey disease]] - falling brick wall pattern of acantholysis.
*Seborrhoeic dermatitis - more spongiotic, often with neutrophils.
*Seborrhoeic dermatitis - more spongiotic, often with neutrophils.
*[[Dermatophtosis|Fungal infection]].
*[[Dermatophytosis|Fungal infection]].


==Associated Diagnoses==
==Associated Diagnoses==
*HIV infection - recalcitrant PRP
*[[HIV infection]] - recalcitrant PRP.


===Images===
===Images===
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[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Dermatopathology]]