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| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      =
| 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      =
| LMDDx      = [[Dermatomycosis|fungal infection]], [[psoriasis]], [[Darier disease]], [[seborrhoeic dermatitis]]
| Stains    =
| 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      =
| Gross      = salmon-coloured plaques, well-demarcated
| Grossing  =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[skin]] - see ''[[inflammatory skin disorders]]''
| Site      = [[skin]] - see ''[[inflammatory skin disorders]]''
| Assdx      =
| Assdx      = HIV infection - recalcitrant PRP
| Syndromes  =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| 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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| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| ClinDDx    =
| Tx        =
| Tx        = retinoids, methotrexate and others
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'''Pityriasis rubra pilaris''', abbreviated '''PRP''', is an uncommon [[inflammatory skin disorder]].
'''Pityriasis rubra pilaris''', abbreviated '''PRP''', is an uncommon [[inflammatory skin disorder]].
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*Uncommon.<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>
*Uncommon.<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>
*Typically sporadic, may be familial.<ref name=pmid23815954>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mercer | first1 = JM. | last2 = Pushpanthan | first2 = C. | last3 = Anandakrishnan | first3 = C. | last4 = Landells | first4 = ID. | title = Familial pityriasis rubra pilaris: case report and review. | journal = J Cutan Med Surg | volume = 17 | issue = 4 | pages = 226-32 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 23815954 }}</ref>
*Typically sporadic, may be familial.<ref name=pmid23815954>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mercer | first1 = JM. | last2 = Pushpanthan | first2 = C. | last3 = Anandakrishnan | first3 = C. | last4 = Landells | first4 = ID. | title = Familial pityriasis rubra pilaris: case report and review. | journal = J Cutan Med Surg | volume = 17 | issue = 4 | pages = 226-32 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 23815954 }}</ref>
*Bimodal age distribution:<ref name=pmid20184391/>
**Children: <10 years.
**Adults: 40s and 50s.
Treatment:
*Retinoids, methotrexate and others.<ref name=pmid20184391/>


==Gross==  
==Gross==  
 
*Salmon-coloured (red) [[plaque]]s interrupted by well-demarcated normal appearing [[skin]].<ref name=pmid20184391>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Klein | first1 = A. | last2 = Landthaler | first2 = M. | last3 = Karrer | first3 = S. | title = Pityriasis rubra pilaris: a review of diagnosis and treatment. | journal = Am J Clin Dermatol | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = 157-70 | month =  | year = 2010 | doi = 10.2165/11530070-000000000-00000 | PMID = 20184391 }}</ref>
==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>
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".
*Alterating [[orthokeratosis]] and [[parakeratosis]] - known as "checkerboard pattern".
*Marked uniform [[acanthosis]] with broad dermal papillae and broad epidermal ridges.
*Follicular plugging.
*+/-Eosinophils (common).
*+/-Eosinophils (common).
*Follicular plugging.
*Scattered foci of [[acantholysis]].<ref name=pmid23286804/>
*[[Acantholysis]].<ref name=pmid23286804/>
*Occasional mild spongiosis.
 
Notes:
*PRP is easy to miss - clinical history (r/o PRP) usually needed to prompt correct diagnosis.
 
===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.
*[[Pemphigus vulgaris]] - PRP with extensive acantholysis can mimic; [[immunofluorescence|IF]] will be negative in PRP.
*[[Hailey-Hailey disease]] - falling brick wall pattern of acantholysis.
*Seborrhoeic dermatitis - more spongiotic, often with neutrophils.
*[[Dermatophytosis|Fungal infection]].
 
==Associated Diagnoses==
*[[HIV infection]] - recalcitrant PRP.


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


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Dermatopathology]]
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