Difference between revisions of "Eczematous dermatitis"
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==General== | ==General== | ||
Clinical: | |||
*Pruritis (itchness).<ref name=pmid8816570>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zug | first1 = KA. | last2 = McKay | first2 = M. | title = Eczematous dermatitis: a practical review. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 54 | issue = 4 | pages = 1243-50, 1253-4 | month = Sep | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8816570 }}</ref> | |||
Histological findings are nonspecific - the DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm13>{{Ref Derm|13}}</ref> | Histological findings are nonspecific - the DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm13>{{Ref Derm|13}}</ref> | ||
*Spongiotic drug reaction. | *Spongiotic drug reaction. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:15, 9 December 2013
Eczematous dermatitis is an inflammatory skin thingy.
General
Clinical:
- Pruritis (itchness).[1]
Histological findings are nonspecific - the DDx:[2]
- Spongiotic drug reaction.
- Mycosis fungoides.
- Tinea.
- Viral exanthems.
Microscopic
Features:
- Spongiotic dermatitis:
- Intracellular edema in the epidermis (spongiosis).
- Cell borders and squamous bridges visible.
- Chronicity:
- Acute: epidermal intracellular edema (spongiosis) +/-intraepidermal vesicles.
- Subacute: spongiosis and parakeratosis.
- Chronic: psoriasiform epidermal hyperplasia - see lichen simplex chronicus.
- Intracellular edema in the epidermis (spongiosis).