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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
Infantile acropustulosis
Clinical signs
  • rare disease of unknown ethiology
  • affects infants of 0 – 3 years of age (most often 2 – 12 months)
  • recurrent crops of vesicles and pustules
  • location: palms, the soles, and the lateral surfaces
  • intense pruritus
  • affected children are otherwise healthy
  • disease is self-limited, heals spontaneously, sometimes with residual pigmentation
Histology

Intraepidermal pustules with neutrophils and some eosinophils, changing into subcorneal pustule. Slight superficial mixed dermal infiltrate.

Acropustulosis (4308)