Dermatologic Differential Diagnosis.pdf. - Famona Site

Connective tissue nevus Ped Derm 22:153–157, 2005; eruptive
collagenomas in pregnancy JAAD 53:S150–153, 2005
Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma – single papule Cancer
40:2979–2986, 1977; multiple familial JAAD 39:853–857, 1998
Epidermoid cyst Rook p.1667, 1998, Sixth Edition
Eruptive vellus hair cysts – skin-colored, red, white, blue, yellow
eyelid papules Ped Derm 19:26–27, 2002
Large cell acanthomas – white to red flat-topped papules JAAD
53:335–337, 2005
Leiomyoma
Leiomyosarcoma – blue–black; also red, brown, yellow or
hypopigmented JAAD 46:477–490, 2002
Marginal cysts of eyelids – occluded glands of Moll; painless
white or yellow cyst of lower eyelid close to lacrimal punctum
Rook p.2987, 1998, Sixth Edition
Melanocytic nevus – atypical nevi, non-pigmented
AD 113:992–994, 1997
Melanoma – desmoplastic melanoma
Metastatic carcinoma
Milia, including multiple eruptive milia – face, earlobe Rook
p.1669, 1998, Sixth Edition; JAAD 37:353–356, 1997; Cutis
60:183–184, 1997; Clin Exp Dermatol 21:58–60, 1996; after
blistering (epidermolysis bullosa, EBA, bullous lupus
erythematosus) or trauma (porphyria cutanea tarda, friction)
Neuroma (solitary neurofibroma) Rook p.2363, 1998, Sixth
Edition; palisaded encapsulated neuroma AD 140:1003–1008,
2004
Nevus sebaceus
Osteochondroma – white–yellow nodule Derm Surg
27:591–593, 2001
Perforating follicular hybrid cyst (pilomatrixoma and
steatocystoma) of inner eyelid (tarsus) JAAD 48:S33–34, 2003
Persistent actinic epidermolytic hyperkeratosis –
hypopigmented papules J Cutan Pathol 6:272–279, 1979
Pilar cyst, calcified
Pilomatrixoma – papule with white inclusions Eyelid and
Conjunctival Tumors, Shields JA and Shields CL, Lippincott
Williams and Wilkins p.71, 1999
Porokeratosis of Mibelli – white plaque JAAD 52:553–555, 2005
Reactive fibrous papule of the fingers (giant-cell fibroma) –
fingers and palms Dermatologica 143:368–375, 1971
Retention cyst from glands of Zeis Rook p.2987, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Sclerotic fibromas of the skin JAAD 20:266–271, 1989
Seborrheic keratosis, irritated
Stucco keratoses
Syringomas, vulvar – discrete white cystic papules
JAAD 48:735–739, 2003
Trichodiscoma – hypopigmented papules AD 126:1093,1096,
1990
Trichoepithelioma
Tumors of the follicular epithelium, multiple eruptive –
hypopigmented papules of the face and extremities
AD 135:463–468, 1999; JAAD 39:853–857, 1998
White fibrous papulosis of the neck BJD 127:295–296, 1992
PHOTODERMATOSES
Actinic lichen planus AD 135:1543–1548, 1999
PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DISEASES
Acne vulgaris – closed comedones (whiteheads) Rook
p.1949–1951, 1998, Sixth Edition; osteoma cutis Ghatan p.258,
2002, Second Edition
Albopapuloid epidermolysis bullosa
Anetoderma
Clear cell papulosis – hypopigmented macules and slightly
elevated 1–10-mm papules along milk line on lower abdomen
and pubic area Ped Derm 22:268–269, 2005; Ped Derm
14:380–382, 1997
Epidermolysis bullosa, dominant dystrophic; epidermolysis
bullosa, albopapuloidea (Pasini) – ivory white papules BJD
146:267–274, 2002
Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa – reticulate scarring,
dermatitis with lichenified plaques, violaceous linear scars,
albopapuloid lesions of the trunk, prurigo nodularis-like lesions,
milia BJD 152:1332–1334, 2005
Eruptive tooth
Focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck’s disease) Tyring p.273, 2002
Frictional dermatitis of children – pinhead-sized white papules
or warty lesions of backs of hands, elbows, and knees Rook
p.895–896, 1998, Sixth Edition
Granuloma annulare
Lichen nitidus
Lichen planus – perianal Rook p.3170, 1998, Sixth Edition
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus Rook p.2549–2551, 1998, Sixth
Edition; guttate variant; of the scalp BJD 103:197–200, 1980
Lichen striatus
Micaceous and keratotic pseudoepitheliomatous balanitis
Bull Soc Fr Dermatol Syphiligr 68:164–167, 1966
Nevus anelasticus Ped Derm 22:153–157, 2005
Papular acantholytic dyskeratosis of the vulva Ped Derm
22:237–239, 2005
Papular elastorrhexis – non-follicular white papules Ped Derm
22:153–157, 2005; Ped Derm 19:565–567, 2002; JAAD
19:409–414, 1988
Perifollicular elastolysis – gray or white follicular papules of
neck, earlobes JAAD 51:165–185, 2004
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis
AD 136:791–796, 2000; JAAD 26:648–650, 1992
Psoriasis
Reactive perforating collagenosis
White fibrous papulosis of the neck JAAD 51:165–185, 2004;
Clin Exp Derm 16:224–225, 1991; JAAD 20:1073–1077, 1989
SYNDROMES
WHITE PAPULES OR NODULES 707
Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy – osteoma cutis Ghatan
p.258, 2002, Second Edition
Birt–Hogg–Dube syndrome – trichodiscomas JAAD
48:111–114, 2003; AD 113:1674–1677, 1977
Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome – connective tissue nevi and
osteopoikilosis; single or multiple yellow, white, or skin-colored
papules, nodules, plaques of extremities JAAD 48:600–601,
2003; BJD 144:890–893, 2001
Dermochondrocorneal dystrophy – white nodules of feet
Caputo p.56, 2000
Down’s syndrome – milia-like idiopathic calcinosis cutis BJD
134:143–146, 1996
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva – osteoma cutis Ghatan
p.258, 2002, Second Edition