Lymphomatoid papulosis followed by pityriasis lichenoides: A common pathogenesis?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 835-840

  Vonderheid, Eric C ^a   Kadin, Marshall E ^b,c   Gocke, Christopher D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune response; Lymphomatoid papulosis; Pathogenesis; Pityriasis lichenoides

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; ISOTRETINOIN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXOCYTOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; SKIN;

EID: 82455187883     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181f4d8c3     Document Type: Article

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