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Case Number : Case 1280 - 20 May Posted By: Guest

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35 year-old female with biopsy of rash on arm.

Case posted by Dr Hafeez Diwan


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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Irregular psoriasiform hyperplasia with mild spongiosis, focal parakeratosis, extravasated erythrocytes with RBCs in the epidermis (last image). A hint of vcuoar degeeration is also deteced as well as ome plasma cells. I think clinicopathological correlation is important here. I would think first in pityriasis rosea or pityriasiformru reaction.

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Guest Romualdo

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In the first image there is perifollicular (upper left corner) and perieccrine inflammatory infiltrate. If this rash is limited to the arm and clinical findings are supportive I think this could be lichen striatus.

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IgorSC

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Mt first thought was Pityriasis rosea too. Pigmented purpuric dermatosis is another differential diagnosis. Clinical correlacion is important.

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I second pItyriasis rosea, although the site is unexpected.

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Guest Romualdo

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Dr. Hafeez, I would be very grateful if you could answer this question. The rash was limited to the arm or was it disseminated, and the arm was only the site chosen for biopsy? My english is not very good and I understood that it was limited to the arm, so my wrong suggestion of lichen striatus.

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