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DermPath Diagnostics – February 2010 Board Review Orlando, Florida. Case 1. 45 yo F with scarring alopecia. Case 1 - Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. Case 1 - Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. Case 1 - Discoid Lupus Erythematosus. Case 1 - Discoid Lupus Erythematosus.
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DermPath Diagnostics – February 2010 Board ReviewOrlando, Florida
Case 1 • 45 yo F with scarring alopecia.
Interface Dermatitis Two types: Vacuolar Lichenoid
Interface Dermatitis, Vacuolar: • Lupus Erythematosus • Dermatomyositis • Lichen Sclerosus • Drug Eruption • Erythema Multiforme • Mucha-Habermann disease • Graft vs. host reaction • Fixed Drug Eruption • Porokeratosis
Interface Dermatitis, Lichenoid: • Lichen Planus • Lichen Planus-like Drug Eruption • Lichen Planus-like Keratosis • Mucha-Habermann Disease • Lichen Striatus • Graft vs Host • Lichenoid Purpura • Porokeratosis • Mycosis Fungoides, Patch Stage
Lupus Erythematosus Interface / Vacuolar Prototype
Clinical Features • Male to female ratio is 1:6 • Most common in childbearing years • Cutaneous only lupus erythematosus has male to female of 1:3 • Systemic LE is 4 times higher in African-American women than Caucasian women • African-American patients have higher incidence of nephritis, pneumonitis and discoid lesions
Clinical Subtypes: • Discoid • Subacute • Systemic • Neonatal • Bullous • Panniculitis (Lupus Profundus) • Tumid Type
Histologic Features • Prototype interface dermatitis- vacuolar pattern • Discoid lesions have superficial & deep perivascular and periadnexal lymphocytes • Necrotic basilar keratinocytes • Scant parakeratosis with follicular plugging (in discoid lesions) • Thickened basement membrane zone (highlighted by PAS stain) • Excess dermal mucin • Direct immunofluorescence pattern: broad band of IgG and/or C3 basement membrane zone