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==Histologic DDx==
==Histologic 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>
*PRP is easy to miss - clinical history (r/o PRP) usually provides the best clue.
*Darier disease.
*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
*Seborrhoeic dermatitis.
*Lichen simplex chronicus.
*Darier disease - acantholysis is prominent with corps ronds and grains, follicular plugging absent
*Seborrhoeic dermatitis - more spongiotic, often with neutrophils.
*[[Dermatophtosis|Fungal infection]].
*[[Dermatophtosis|Fungal infection]].


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