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Margaret Moresi, MD

Diagnosis

Darier disease keratosis follicularis Grover Disease

Body Site

back chest

Age

21 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent follicular grouped, clustered

Color

yellow brown red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

The differential diagnosis histologically would include other suprabasal acantholytic disorders including Grover disease, warty dyskeratoma and Hailey-Hailey disease.

Description

At higher magnification, the suprabasal acantholysis is observed, with a few dyskeratotic keratinocytes. Grains are seen within the stratum corneum.

Categories

genodermatosis/genetic disorder papulosquamous eruptions nail disorders

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6/14/2002 12:10:38

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