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446 A CLINICIAN’S GUIDE TO DERMATOLOGIC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, VOLUME 1
Lichen planus tropicus
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
Lichen simplex chronicus – in blacks Rook p.3247, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Lupus miliaris disseminata faciei
Periumbilical perforating pseudoxanthoma elasticum
JAAD 39:338–344, 1998; JAAD 26:642–644, 1992;
AD 115:300–303, 1979
Pityriasis rubra pilaris
Pseudoacanthosis nigricans
Reactive perforating collagenosis
SYNDROMES
Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba–Zonana syndrome –
supernumerary nipples, hemangiomas, genital
hyperpigmentation AD 132:1214–1218, 1996; Am J Med Genet
44:307–314, 1992
Basaloid follicular hamartoma syndrome – multiple
skin-colored, red and hyperpigmented papules of the face, neck
chest, back, proximal extremities, and eyelids; syndrome
includes milia-like cysts, comedones, sparse scalp hair, palmar
pits, and parallel bands of papules of the neck (zebra stripes)
JAAD 43:189–206, 2000
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
Dyskeratosis congenita
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis
Greither’s syndrome – warty keratoses on the hands and feet
with poikiloderma
LEOPARD (Moynahan’s) syndrome – CALMs, granular cell
myoblastomas, steatocystoma multiplex, small penis,
hyperelastic skin, low-set ears, short webbed neck, short
stature, syndactyly JAAD 46:161–183, 2002; Am J Med
60:447–456, 1976; JAAD 40:877–890, 1999; J Dermatol
25:341–343, 1998; Am J Med 60:447–456, 1976; AD
107:259–261, 1973; Proc R Soc Med 55:959–960, 1962
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis AD 140:919–921, 2004
Neurofibromatosis – type I, type II, or segmental Rook p.379,
1998, Sixth Edition
Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis – nevus spilus in phacomatosis
pigmentovascularis type IIIb AD 125:1284–1285, 1989
POEMS syndrome – cutaneous angiomas, blue dermal papules
associated with Castleman’s disease (benign reactive
angioendotheliomatosis), diffuse hyperpigmentation, morphealike
changes, maculopapular brown-violaceous lesions, purple
nodules JAAD 44:324–329, 2001; JAAD 40:808–812, 1999;
Cutis 61:329–334, 1998; JAAD 21:1061–1068, 1989; AD
124:695–698, 1988; JAAD 12:961–964, 1985
Steatocystoma multiplex
TRAUMA
Burn scar Surgery 121:654–661, 1997
Scar
VASCULAR DISEASES
Acquired progressive lymphangioma AD 131:341–346, 1995
Benign (reactive) angioendotheliomatosis (benign
lymphangioendothelioma, acquired progressive lymphangioma,
multifocal lymphangioendotheliomatosis) – present at birth;
red brown or violaceous nodules or plaques on face, arms,
legs with petechiae, ecchymoses, and small areas of necrosis
AD 140:599–606, 2004; JAAD 38:143–175, 1998; AD 114:1512,
1978
Glomus tumors – plaque type glomus tumors
Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma – brown to violaceous
nodule with ecchymotic halo AD 138:117–122, 2002; AD
136:1571–1572, 2000; JAAD 41:215–224, 1999; J Cutan
Pathol 26:279–286, 1999; JAAD 32:282–284, 1995
PAPULES, CRUSTED
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, AND DISEASES
OF IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION
Bowel-associated dermatosis–arthritis syndrome
JAAD 14:792–796, 1986
Dermatitis herpetiformis Caputo p.24, 2000
IgA pemphigus foliaceus JAAD 20:89–97, 1989
Pemphigoid (herpes) gestationes
Pemphigoid nodularis – crusted papules and nodules
BJD 147:343–349, 2002
Pemphigus erythematosus JAAD 10:215–222, 1984
Pemphigus foliaceus – starts in seborrheic distribution (scalp,
face, chest, upper back) Rook p.1860–1861, 1998,
Sixth Edition; AD 83:52–70, 1961
Rheumatoid arthritis – vasculitis – papulonecrotic lesions
JAAD 48:311–340, 2003; rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis
JAAD 45:596–600, 2001; Cutis 60:203–205, 1997
Systemic lupus erythematosus
DRUG ERUPTION
Lichenoid drug eruption
Syringosquamous metaplasia – red, blanching, crusted
papules; due to cancer chemotherapy AD 126:73–77, 1990;
Am J Dermatopathol 12:1–6, 1990
EXOGENOUS AGENTS
Bindii (Jo–Jo) dermatitis JAAD 10:768–773, 1984
Blasting cap explosion
Fiberglass dermatitis The Clinical Management of Itching;
Parthenon; p.xv, 2000
INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
Adiaspiromycosis (Chrysosporium species) – hyperpigmented
plaque with white–yellow papules, ulcerated nodules,
hyperkeratotic nodules, crusted nodules, multilobulated nodules
JAAD S113–117, 2004
African histoplasmosis
AIDS – papular dermatitis of AIDS
Alternariosis J Formos Med Assoc 91:462–466, 1992;
AD 124:1421–1426, 1988
Amebiasis – Acanthamoeba; crusted nodules in HIV disease
AD 139:1647–1652, 2003
Anthrax – Bacillus anthracis; malignant pustule; face,
neck, hands, arms; starts as papule then evolves into bulla
on red base; then hemorrhagic crust with edema and
erythema with small vesicles; edema of surrounding skin
Am J Dermatopathol 19:79–82, 1997; J Clin Inf Dis
19:1009–1014, 1994; Br J Opthalmol 76:753–754, 1992;