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| An introduction to dermatopathology is in the ''[[dermatopathology]]'' article. [[Nevi]] (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article ''[[melanocytic lesions]]''. | | An introduction to dermatopathology is in the ''[[dermatopathology]]'' article. [[Nevi]] (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article ''[[melanocytic lesions]]''. |
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| =Inflammatory conditions=
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| ==Classification==
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| *Bullous.
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| *Interface.
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| *Nodular & diffuse.
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| *Spongiotic.
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| *Vasculitis.
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| *Perivascular.
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| *Panniculitis.
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| *Psoriasiform.
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| '''Tabular comparison of inflammatory skin disease (adapted from ''Brinster''<ref name=pmid18418089>{{cite journal |author=Brinster 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 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18418089 |doi=10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181664e8d |url=}}</ref>):'''
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| | '''Pattern'''
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| | '''Key histologic feature'''
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| | '''Subclassifications'''
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| | '''Example'''
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| | [[Bullous disease|Bullous]]
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| | "Empty space"
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| | -Subcorneal<br>-Suprabasillar<br>-Subepidermal
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| | -Pemphigus foliaceus<br>-[[Pemphigus vulgaris]]<br>-[[Dermatitis herpetiformis]]
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| | Interface
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| | Inflammation at DE junction
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| | -Vacuolar (minimal)<br>-Lichenoid (band-like)
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| | -[[Erythema multiforme]], [[SLE]]<br>-[[Lichen planus]]
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| |-
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| | Nodular & diffuse
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| | Nodular & diffuse
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| | ?
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| | Spongiotic
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| | Edema between keratinocytes
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| | -Acute<br>-Subacute<br>-Chronic
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| | -Poison Ivy<br>-Nummular dermatitis<br>-Atopic dermatitis
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| |-
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| | [[Vasculitis]]
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| | Inflammation of vessel wall
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| | ?
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| | ?
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| | Perivascular
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| | Inflammation around vessels
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| | ?
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| | [[Panniculitis]]
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| | Inflamm. of adipose tissue
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| | -Septal<br>-Nodular
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| | -[[Erythema nodosum]]<br>-[[Erythema induratum]]
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| | Psoriasiform
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| | Epidermal thickening<br>and long rete ridges
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| | -Regular<br>-Irregular
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| | -Psoriasis<br>-[[Lichen simplex chronicus]]
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| Notes:
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| *''DE junction'' = dermal-epidermal junction.
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| *The "empty space" in bullous disease ''in situ'' is filled with fluid.
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| ===Psoriasis===
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| ====General====
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| *Can be subclassified.
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| DDx:
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| *Psoriasis vulgaris (most common).
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| *Psoriatic arthritis.
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| *Drug-induced.
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| *Others.
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| ====Microscopic====
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| Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1191}}</ref><ref name=pmid18418089>{{cite journal |author=Brinster 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 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18418089 |doi=10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181664e8d |url=}}</ref>
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| *Regular epidermal thickening - as very long rete ridges (described as "test tube-morphology") - '''key feature'''.
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| **Epidermis between rete ridges thin ("thinning of suprapapillary plate").
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| *Parakeratosis.
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| *Thin/absent granular layer.
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| *Dilated blood vessels in superficial dermis.
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| *Neutrophil clusters (Munro microabscess).
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| ==Seborrheic dermatitis==
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| ===General===
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| *Very common.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1191}}</ref>
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| *Spongiosis (epidermal edema).
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| *Acanthosis (epidermal thickening).
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| *"Follicular lipping" = parakeratosis with neutrophils.
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| *Perivascular neutrophils and lymphocytes.
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| ==Systemic lupus erythematosus==
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| ===General===
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| *Systemic disease with multi-organ manifestations.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Lymphocytic interface dermatitis.<ref>JAH. 20 February 2009.</ref>
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| *Basal layer vacuolation.<ref name=pmid18384217>{{cite journal |author=Crowson AN, Magro CM, Mihm MC |title=Interface dermatitis |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=132 |issue=4 |pages=652–66 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=18384217 |doi= |url=http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.1043/1543-2165%282008%29132%5B652%3AID%5D2.0.CO%3B2}}</ref>
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| *Intradermal mucin.
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| ==Dermatomyositis==
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| :''For the muscle manifestations see: [[Neuromuscular_pathology#Dermatomyositis]]''.
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| ===General===
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| *Complement mediated disease - membrane attack complex.
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| *Usually middle age.
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| *Associated skin rash is common.
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| **May precede or follow muscle pathology.
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| *Associated with malignancy in approximately 10% of cases.<ref name=pmid20398365>{{cite journal |author=Chen YJ, Wu CY, Huang YL, Wang CB, Shen JL, Chang YT |title=Cancer risks of dermatomyositis and polymyositis: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan |journal=Arthritis Res. Ther. |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=R70 |year=2010 |pmid=20398365 |pmc=2888225 |doi=10.1186/ar2987 |url=}}</ref>
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| ===Gross===
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| *Have lesions on the knuckles - ''Gottron's papules''.
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| ===Microsopic===
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| Features:
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| *Lymphocytic interface dermatitis (inflammation at the dermal-epidermal junction).
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| *Loss of rete ridges.
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| ==Lichen planus==
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| ===General===
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| *An oral pathology.
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| *May be seen where the sun don't shine - [[penis]],<ref name=pmid20082512>{{Cite journal | last1 = Teichman | first1 = JM. | last2 = Sea | first2 = J. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = IM. | last4 = Elston | first4 = DM. | title = Noninfectious penile lesions. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 81 | issue = 2 | pages = 167-74 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi = | PMID = 20082512 }}</ref> [[vulva]] and [[vagina]].<ref name=pmid20062629>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gupta | first1 = R. | last2 = Bansal | first2 = B. | last3 = Singh | first3 = S. | last4 = Yadav | first4 = I. | last5 = Gupta | first5 = K. | last6 = Kudesia | first6 = M. | title = Lichen planus of uterine cervix - the first report of a novel site of occurrence: a case report. | journal = Cases J | volume = 2 | issue = | pages = 9306 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9306 | PMID = 20062629 }}</ref>
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| Etiology:
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| *Autoimmune disease, T-cell–mediated.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview]. Accessed on: 11 September 2010.</ref>
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| Clinical:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1191>{{Ref PBoD8|1191}}</ref>
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| *6 Ps: pruritic (itchy), purple, polygonal, planar papules and plaques.
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| ===Gross===
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| *Wickham striae = white lines/dots.
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| **Due to hypergranulosis.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview]. Accessed on: 11 September 2010.</ref><ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1192>{{Ref PBoD8|1192}}</ref>
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| *Loss of basal cells (stratum basale) -- '''key feature'''.
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| *Loss of rete ridges/formation of pointed rete ridges "sawtoothing".
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| *Interface dermatitis (lymphocytes at dermal-epidermal junction).
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| *Hypergranulosis; stratum granulosum thickened (grossly seen as "Wickham stria" = white lines).
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| *Hyperkeratosis; stratum corneum thickened.
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| *Necrotic basal cell in dermis = colloid bodies = Civatte bodies.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_604>{{Ref PCPBoD8|604}}</ref>
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| DDx:
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| *[[Bullous disease]], subepithelial vesicular.
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| *[[Lichenoid keratosis]] - parakeratosis prominent.
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| Notes:
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| *Hyperkeratosis and hypergranulosis are not seen in [[erythema multiforme]].
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| *Colloid bodies = cytoid bodies = Civatte bodies = hyaline bodies = apoptotic bodies.<ref>URL: [http://www.careforumwales.org/cell-carcinoma/histopathologic-terminology.html http://www.careforumwales.org/cell-carcinoma/histopathologic-terminology.html]. Accessed on: 28 August 2011.</ref>
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| **DDx: systemic lupus erythematosus, lichen planus, and [[graft-versus-host disease]].
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| Images:
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_intermed_mag.jpg Lichen planus - intermed. mag. (WC)]
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_low_mag.jpg Lichen planus - low mag. (WC)].
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| ==Lichen sclerosus==
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| {{Main|Lichen sclerosus}}
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1065-6>{{Ref PBoD|1065-6}}</ref>
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| *Subepithelial fibrosis - '''key feature'''.
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| ==Psoriasis==
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| ===General===
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| *Chronic skin condition +/- systemic involvement:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_603>{{Ref PCPBoD8|603}}</ref>
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| **[[Arthritis]].
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| **[[Myopathy]].
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| **Enteropathy, e.g. [[inflammatory bowel disease]].
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| **Syondylitic joint disease (spondylos = vertebrae<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/spondylosis http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/spondylosis]. Accessed on: 28 August 2011.</ref>).
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| Clinical:
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| *''Auspitz sign'' = pin-point bleeding on removal of scale.
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| *''Koebner phenomenon'' = lesions form at site of trauma.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_603>{{Ref PCPBoD8|603}}</ref>
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| *Acanthosis + long rete ridges - '''key feature'''.
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| *Parakeratosis.
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| *Dilated vessels in superficial dermis (give rise to ''Auspitz sign'').
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| *Spongiform pustules = PMNs in stratum spinosum.
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| *PMNs in parakeratotic stratum corneum (Munro microabscess).
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| =Other= | | =Other= |