Dermoscopy may be a valuable additional tool in diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris: Letter to the editor

dc.authorid0000-0001-5057-0405
dc.authorid0000-0002-6185-0186
dc.authorid0000-0002-7022-913X
dc.contributor.authorBalevi, Ali
dc.contributor.authorTürkmen, İlknur
dc.contributor.authorUçar Tavlı, Yeliz
dc.contributor.authorÖzdemir, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned10.07.201910:49:13
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-10T19:35:56Z
dc.date.available10.07.201910:49:14
dc.date.available2019-07-10T19:35:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentİstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Deri ve Zührevi Hastalıklar Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.departmentİstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Cerrahi Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Tıbbi Patoloji Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.description.abstractEighteen-year-old female patient with with red scaly plaques on her forearms, legs and scalp, was referred to our out-patient clinic (Figure 1). The disease duration was over 10 years. The female patient was previously diagnosed as psoriasis. She was treated with various topical anti-psoriatic agents unsuccessfully. The lesions were not completely cleared. The patient was evaluated and clinical differential diagnosis included a number of erythematosquamous skin diseases. Due to the shape and arrangement of lesions , the diagnosis of seborrheic dermatitis, pityriasis rosea, lichen planus, pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta, pityriasis lichenoides chronica and parapsoriasis were excluded. And preliminary diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) and psoriasis were concluded. Skin punch biopsy was performed from her left forearm. Histopathological examination showed parakeratosis, loss of granular layer limited to small foci with diffuse hypergranulosis, and perivascular lymphocyte, histiocytes and extravasated erythrocytes in upper dermis (Haematoxylin-Eosin, original magnification x100) (Figure 2). These histopathological features were not fully consistent with psoriasis and did not exclude the diagnosis of PRP. Later, we performed dermoscopic examination on erythematous plaques and it revealed round/ oval yellowish areas surrounded by vessels of mixed linear and dotted morphology
dc.identifier.citationBalevi, A., Türkmen, İ., Uçar Tavlı, Y. ve Özdemir, M. (2016). Dermoscopy may be a valuable additional tool in diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris: Letter to the editor. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dermatology, 26(1), 69-70. https://dx.doi.org/10.5336/dermato.2015-44134
dc.identifier.doi10.5336/dermato.2015-44134
dc.identifier.endpage70
dc.identifier.issn1300-0330
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage69
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/998
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5336/dermato.2015-44134
dc.identifier.volume26
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTurkiye Klinikleri
dc.relation.ispartofTurkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dermatologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectDermoscopy
dc.subjectPityriasis rubra pilaris
dc.subjectPsoriasis
dc.titleDermoscopy may be a valuable additional tool in diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris: Letter to the editor
dc.title.alternativeDermoskopi, pitriyazis rubra pilaris tanısında değerli bir ek tanı aracı olabilir
dc.typeLetter

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