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Case Number : Case 2730 - 23 December 2020 Posted By: Iskander H. Chaudhry

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Right leg 6mm punch. Broad papulosquamous rash.


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Dermoepidermal blister, dermal colloid bodies, hypergranulosis and orthokeratosis, a quasi-sawtooth acanthosis, make me think of Bullous Lichen Planus. 

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Richard Logan

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Something about this case doesn't quite fit. 

I don't think the clinical photograph is representative of the sort of lesion that was biopsied.  The photograph shows a very superficial scaly erythematous problem which clinically looks like asteatotic eczema (eczema craquelee).  However, histologically there is a sub-epidermal blister with a lichenoid reaction, spongiosis and mild hypergranulosis rather than parakeratosis.  Were it not for the blistering, histologically I would be wondering about pityriasis lichenoides.  I would certainly do immunofluorescence in case this is lichen plano-pemphigoides.  I would enquire about the drug history.

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Iskander H. Chaudhry

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Dear all thank you for your insightful comments. Richard I was on the same lines as you! 

Skin with spongiosis and interface change. There is a sub-epidermal split which may have occurred at the time of biopsy. No eosinophils are seen. No fungal hyphae are seen on specials. The features are those of a combined interface and spongiotic reaction pattern and the favoured differential is Lichen Planus. Spongiosis can be seen at this site particularly in the hypertrophic variant. The differential includes a bullous drug eruption.

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The clinician felt it would fit with Hypertrophic LP but was going to exclude the other differentials. 
 

 



 

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Richard Logan

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The clinical photograph doesn't look anything like hypertrophic LP, nor does the histology!

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