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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
Rosacea
Etiology, pathogenesis
  • idiopathic
  • aggravated by heat, alcohol, spices and other vasodilatators
Clinical signs
  • center and sides of the face: nose, forhead, cheeks, chin
  • I. grade: transient erythemas, teleangiectasiae
  • II. grade: papules, papulopustules, pustules; severe form: rosacea fulminans
  • III. grade: nodules and plaques, rhinophyma
  • ocular involvement
  • severe form with deformation of the nose: rhinophyma
Histology

Sebaceous hyperplasia, inflammatory periadnexal infiltrates, sometimes granulomatous. Parasitic infestation of follicles (Demodex) is sometimes present.