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Case Number : Case 904 - 5th December Posted By: Guest

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A 46-year-old woman with a two-month history of widespread eruption.

Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
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Guest Saleem Taibjee

Guest Saleem Taibjee

Posted

Mound-like parakeratosis - I am considering pityriasis rosea foremost. Differential includes PRP and psoriasis.

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Hanan Vaknine MD

Hanan Vaknine MD 18

Posted

In addition to the above differential (PR, PRP and PSO) one should add the possibilities of parapsoriasis (digitate dermatosis) and chronic spongiotic dermatitis (including seborrheic dermatitis), I personally go with PRP. clinical correlation is essential in this case.

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Sasi Attili

Sasi Attili 85

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Agree with all the differentials suggested. I think this is one that needs CPC.

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IgorSC
Also agree with all dif. diagnosis, but the presence of follicular infundibular hiperkeratosis, the shoulder parakeratosis and the "so difficult to see" areas of alternating orthokeratosis and parakeratosis are more suggestive of PRP.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim 508

Posted

Agree with the differentials, need CPC

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[color=#1C2837][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=4]Pityriasis rubra pilaris.[/size][/font][/color]

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Eman El-Nabarawy

Eman El-Nabarawy 69

Posted

A case of DD (with clues for PRP) for CPC.

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Robledo F. Rocha

Robledo F. Rocha 336

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It seems that a recent lesion of pityriasis rubra pilaris was biopsied, despite the case history of two-month eruption. Pictures do not show psoriasiform epidermic hyperplasia nor the checkerboard pattern with alternating orthokeratosis and parakeratosis, since these features take at least 14 days to develop, but foci of parakeratotic mounds can be easily seen. Other microscopic findings supportive of this diagnosis are follicular plugging hyperkeratosis with shoulder parakeratosis and sparse superficial perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate.

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Dr. Hafeez Diwan

Dr. Hafeez Diwan 125

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Pityriasis rubra pilaris. The clinical impression was also PRP.

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