Difference between revisions of "Non-malignant skin disease"

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insect bite, LSC images
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*Spongiosis (epidermal intercellular edema -- cells appear to have a clear halo around 'em).
*Spongiosis (epidermal intercellular edema -- cells appear to have a clear halo around 'em).
*Parakeratosis = retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum.
*Parakeratosis = retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum.
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lichen_simplex_chronicus_-_low_mag.jpg LSC - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lichen_simplex_chronicus_-_high_mag.jpg LSC - high mag. (WC)].


==Seborrheic keratosis==
==Seborrheic keratosis==
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*Dermatofibroma pertuberans (DFSP).
*Dermatofibroma pertuberans (DFSP).
*Melanoma.
*Melanoma.
==Superficial dermal infiltrates==
Discussed in detail by Alsaad and Ghazarian.<ref name=pmid16311340>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Alsaad | first1 = KO. | last2 = Ghazarian | first2 = D. | title = My approach to superficial inflammatory dermatoses. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 58 | issue = 12 | pages = 1233-41 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.027151 | PMID = 16311340 }}</ref>
===Dermal perivascular lymphoeosinophilic infiltration (DPLI)===
*Microscopic appearance is just what it is called:
**Lymphocytes and eosinophils around the vessels in the superficial dermis.
DDx:<ref name=pmid16311340/>
*Insect bite.
*Drug reactions.
*Urticarial reactions.
*Prevesicular early stage of [[bullous pemphigoid]].
*HIV related dermatoses.
Images:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dermal_perivascular_lymphoeosinophilic_infiltrate_-_very_low_mag.jpg DPLI - very low mag. (WC)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dermal_perivascular_lymphoeosinophilic_infiltrate_-_very_high_mag.jpg DPLI - very high mag. (WC)].


==Bullous disease==
==Bullous disease==
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