Mimicry illuminating pitfalls in histopathologic diagnosis: Nutritional deficiency-like dermatitis secondary to topical tazarotene and keratoacanthomatous pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia in CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorder as illustrative

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-25

  Resnik, Kenneth S ^a   Kutzner, Heinz ^b  

^a Institute for Dermatopathology   (United States)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histopathologic mimicry; Irritant contact dermatitis secondary to topical tazarotene; Keratoacanthomatous pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia; Lymphoproliferative disorder; Nutritional deficiency like dermatitis; Pale and ballooned keratinocytes

Indexed keywords

TAZAROTENE; CD30 ANTIGEN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; KERATOACANTHOMA; KERATOACANTHOMATOUS PSEUDOCARCINOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD30; CHILD; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KERATOACANTHOMA; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NICOTINIC ACIDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62349126369     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000246796.06992.47     Document Type: Article

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