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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
PUVA lentigo
Etiology

PUVA therapy (oral methoxsalen photochemotherapy) in (psoriatic) patients.

Clinical signs
  • patients treated by PUVA (psoriasis and dome other diseases)
  • appears after long lasting therapy
  • maculae usually regress after the therapy is discontinued
  • location: sun protected areas of the body (buttocks)
  • brown maculae of variable size
Histology

Melanophages in the upper corium, slight acanthosis, increased number of melanocytes.