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Case Number : Case 1021 - 22nd May Posted By: Guest

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9 year-old female with redness and vesicles on face. This biopsy is from the right cheek.

Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
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Wedge-shaped cutaneous necrosis, secondary to either infection, vasculopathy or both. Necrotic follicles make me wonder about herpes folliculitis.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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I will add also the possibility of hydroa vacciniforme.

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nick turnbull

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Ulceration overlying wedge shaped inflammation with basophilic necorsis. Possibly at the edge old acantholysis or old vessicle. Marked extravasation of red cells. Is that a slate grey multinulated giant cell? I was thinking viral. Eczema herpaticum?

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Guest Jim Davie MD

Guest Jim Davie MD

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Agree with wedge-shaped, near full-thickness necrosis/vasculitis, with reepithelialization at the edges. Likely viral/herpes. Would add to the differential (given the limited history), purpura fulminans secondary to SJS-related sepsis, or rarely secondary to measles.

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Dr. Hafeez Diwan

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Hydroa vacciniforme. It was negative for herpes.

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