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lichenoid dermatitis
Microscopic pathology:
- interface dermatitis
- epidermal basal cell damage
- Civatte bodies - apoptotic basal layer cells
Differential diagnosis:
- lichen planus & variants
- lichen nitidus
- lichen striatus
- lichen planus-like keratosis
- lichenoid drug eruptions
- fixed drug eruption
- erythema multiforme
- graft versus host disease
- AIDS interface dermatitis
- lupus erythematosis
- dermatomyositis
- poikiloderma congenitale
- congenital telangiectatic erythema
- lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
- dyskeratosis congenita
- pityriasis lichenoides
- persistent viral infections
- perniosis
- paraneoplastic pemphigus
- lichenoid purpura
- lichenoid contact dermatitis
- late secondary syphilis
- porokeratosis
- drug eruptions
- phototoxic dermatitis
- prurigo pigmentosa
- erythroderma
- mycosis fungoides
- lichen amyloidosus
- vitiligo
Interactions
disease interactions
Related
lichenification
Specific
lichen planus
lichen sclerosus
General
mucocutaneous vesiculobullous dermatitis
References
- Weedon. Skin Pathology, 2nd ed. Churchill-Livingstone 2002
- Schlosser BJ.
Lichen planus and lichenoid reactions of the oral mucosa.
Dermatol Ther. 2010 May-Jun;23(3):251-67. Review.
PMID: 20597944