Eczematous dermatitis
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Eczematous dermatitis is an inflammatory skin thingy.
General
Clinical:
- Pruritis (itchness).[1]
Histological findings are nonspecific - the DDx:[2]
- Spongiotic drug reaction.
- Mycosis fungoides.
- Tinea.
- Viral exanthems.
Microscopic
Features:
- Spongiotic dermatitis:
- Intracellular edema in the epidermis (spongiosis).
- Cell borders and squamous bridges visible.
- Chronicity:
- Acute: epidermal intracellular edema (spongiosis) +/-intraepidermal vesicles.
- Subacute: spongiosis and parakeratosis.
- Chronic: psoriasiform epidermal hyperplasia - see lichen simplex chronicus.
- Intracellular edema in the epidermis (spongiosis).