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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
Pityriasis amiantacea
Clinical signs
  • sticky, asbestos-like scales
  • location: scalp
  • may be complicated by alopecia
  • often accompanied by seborrhoic dermatitis
Histology

Spongiosis of the epidermis and follicular epithelium, parakeratosis around the hair shafts.