Digitate dermatosis : a case presentation.

Authors

  • Patricia DeCastro

Keywords:

Lymphoma, lymphocyte, parapsoriasis

Abstract

The case presented is of a 43 year old man with an eight year history of eczematous, yellowish plaques on the trunk. A biopsy was done which showed the presence of lymphocytes in the basal layer forming an indian file. A diagnosis of digitate dermatosis is made and the etiology is stated as either an inflamatory process or a neoplastic process.

Author Biography

Patricia DeCastro

Profesora de dermatopatología en la Fundación Universitaria Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá.

References

1. Ackerman B. If small plaque (digitate) parapsoriasis is a cutaneous T cell lymphoma, even an “abortive one”, it must be mycosis fungoides. Arch Dermatol. 1996;132:562-6.
2. Burg G et al “From inflamation to neoplasia” Arch Dermatol 2001;137:949-51.
3. Haeffner AC, Smoller BR, Zepter K, Wood GS. Differentiation and clonality of lesional lymphocytes in small plaque parapsoriasis. Arch Dermatol. 1995; 131:321-4.

How to Cite

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DeCastro P. Digitate dermatosis : a case presentation. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 5 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];16(1):36-7. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/94

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2019-02-05

How to Cite

1.
DeCastro P. Digitate dermatosis : a case presentation. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 5 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];16(1):36-7. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/94

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