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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Excoriation
Clinical signs
  • occurs in pruritic dermatoses (eg. dermatitis herpetiformis, atopic eczema, lichen ruber, Grover's disease) or prurigo (simplex, senilis, nodularis, neurotica)
  • scratches in various stages of healing
  • occurs especially on sites patient can reach easily
Histology

Epidermal defect, covered by crust with fibrin and neutrophils; variable dermal infiltrate, usually superficial. In healing lesions epidermis regenerates.

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