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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
Transient acantholytic dermatosis (of Grover)
Etiology, pathogenesis
  • unknown
  • precipitating factors: heavy exercise, heat, fever
Clinical signs
  • elder males are usually affected
  • location: trunk, sometimes the thighs
  • small hyperkeratotic papules, sometimes with crusts or vesicles
  • brownish-red colour
  • benign course, several weeks to several years
  • pruritus

M. Grover (747)

Pictures

Grover's disease, papules of the trunk: Grover's disease, Clinical picture (747)

Histology

Several forms: spongiotic, pemphigus foliaceus like, Darier like, Hailey-Hailey like.

M. Grover (1313)

M. Grover (5333)

Pictures

Transient acantholytic dermatosis, Darier like: Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 10x (95) Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 20x (96) Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 40x (97)

Another case: Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 10x (1313) Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 20x (1773) Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 40x (1891)

Another case: Grover's disease, Darier like, HE 20x (5166) Transient acantholytic dermatosis of Grover, HE 20x (1315)

Another case: Grover's disease, Darier like, HE 100x (2278) Grover's disease, Darier like, HE 40x (2279)

Another case: Grover's disease, HE 40x (6114)

Another case: Grover's disease, darierlike, HE 20x (5164)

Another case: Grover's disease, Darier like, HE 20x (5332)

Another case: Grover's disease, Darier like, HE 20x (5333)

Another case: Grover disease, Darier like, HE 40x (10174)

Another case: Grover disease, Darier like, HE 60x (10173)

M. Grover, pemphigus like: Grover's disease, pemphigus-like, HE 60x (6427)

M. Grover, pemphigus like: Grover disease, pemphigus like, HE 60x (14285)

Clinical picture corresponded to psoriasis, histology to Grover's disease with probable combination with fresh psoriasis: Grover's disease and psoriasis, HE 60x (6287)