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Nonneoplastic Skin Diseases

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This chapter will discuss an approach to inflammatory skin disease. Recognition of inflammatory diseases of the skin is highly dependent on a group of histologic patterns: spongiotic, psoriasiform, interface, superficial perivascular, superficial and deep perivascular, interstitial, sclerosing, panniculitis, and alopecia. (Bullous disease is covered in Chapter 18.) The histologic patterns shape the differential diagnosis. The differential diagnosis is further refined by individual histologic features including specific epidermal (e.g., pattern of parakeratosis) or dermal (e.g., hemorrhage) findings and the nature of the inflammatory infiltrate. This chapter discusses common/important inflammatory dermatoses and their differential diagnosis. Immunodermatology is covered in Chapter 18.

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  1. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Steven D. Billings MD

  2. Department of Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Antoinette F. Hood MD

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  1. School of Medicine, Dept. Pathology, Indiana University, N. University Blvd. 550, Indianapolis, 46202, Indiana, USA

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Billings, S.D., Hood, A.F. (2011). Nonneoplastic Skin Diseases. In: Cheng, L., Bostwick, D. (eds) Essentials of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6043-6_19

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