Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting as scar reactivation: Histopathologic features and an illustration of 'locus minoris resistentiae'

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 491-496

  Gee, Sarah N ^a   Harris, Anna C ^a   Zimarowski, Mary Jane ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; koebnerization; locus minoris resistentiae; scar sarcoidosis; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876283931     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12099     Document Type: Article

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