Difference between revisions of "Pityriasis rubra pilaris"

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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid24783259>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Marrouche | first1 = N. | last2 = Kurban | first2 = M. | last3 = Kibbi | first3 = AG. | last4 = Abbas | first4 = O. | title = Pityriasis rubra pilaris: clinicopathological study of 32 cases from Lebanon. | journal = Int J Dermatol | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 434-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 24783259 }}</ref>
*Alterating [[orthokeratosis]] and [[parakeratosis]] - known as "checkerboard pattern".
*+/-Eosinophils (common).
*Follicular plugging.
*[[Acantholysis]].<ref name=pmid23286804/>


===Images===
===Images===
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==Stains==
==Stains==
*[[PASD stain|PASD]] -ve for fungal organisms.<ref name=pmid23286804/>


==IHC==
==IHC==