Morphological clues in the diagnosis of sclerodermiform dermatitis.

Am J Dermatopathol

*Pathology Specialist, Department of Cellular Pathology, Hospital El Bierzo, Ponferrada, Spain; and Departments of †Resident (M.G-T.), Assistant Dermatologist (A.L.R-V.) Department of Dermatology, ‡Associate Professor, Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, INER/CIENI, Hospital Angeles Lomas, Centro Medico ABC, Mexico City, México.

Published: June 2014

In this report, we review 5 sclerodermiform cutaneous conditions: eosinophilic fasciitis, systemic nephrogenic fibrosis, scleredema, scleromyxedema, and toxic oil syndrome. We emphasize the morphological differences between the conditions and some morphological clues that are important to differential diagnosis.

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