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Case Number : Case 1167- 12th December Posted By: Guest

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M48. Buttock. Intensely itchy vesicles. Elbows, knees, buttocks. ?DH

Case Posted by Dr.Richard Carr
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IgorSC
Analyzing only figure 7 there´s a subepidermal cleft rich in neutrophils that can be part of a picture of DH. In fact, DH seems a nice hypothesis clinically, as it afects extensor surfaces and is very itchy. But I am having some difficulties about the follicular based inflamation with pustules. I looked for HSV inclusions, but did not find it. I do not know exactly what is this case and I am very curious.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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I am exactly feeling like you Igor!!!! I guess this is DH with secondary staph folliculitis secondary to the severe itching...

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Pustular folliculitis. The distribution made me favour a systemic disease, e.g. a pustular drug reaction, Crohn's, Reiter's, Behcet's, etc., as opposed to an infection. I probably would not have thought of dermatitis herpetiformis had it not been mentioned.

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Guest Romualdo

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Agree with Igor: there are foci (Figure 7 and left side of Figure 4) resembling dermatitis herpetiformis. Like Mona I also think this is DH with secondary folliculitis.

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Sasi Attili

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Agree with all the differentials. Tough one to crack on H&E alone. Would be requesting DIF on this one!

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Dr. Richard Carr

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I reported this as pustular folliculitis but the clinical was a clear-cut case of DH and in fact the patient had typical serology and DIF for dermatitis herpetiformis. I wonder if the biopsy is indeed showing both pathologies as some of you pointed out. The lesson for the clinical colleague is not to dismiss the clinical diagnosis based on an aberrant histology (not matter who the name on the report). The lesson for the pathologist is not to dismiss the clinical diagnosis even if the histology is not quite right. In this case the suppurative folliculitis may be an incidental finding, all be it one that is dominating the histology in this particular biopsy.

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Sasi Attili

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Thanks Richard. I completely agree. Most of the cases I see here in India are inflammatory and I have hardly seen a 'typical' inflammatory disease since starting practice here 8 months ago!. CPC is very important and it is very important to re-learn the histology from the clinical! Diseases do not read textbooks....

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