A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO GRANULOMATOUS DERMATOSES

Citation
Lo. Rabinowitz et Mt. Zaim, A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO GRANULOMATOUS DERMATOSES, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 35(4), 1996, pp. 588-600
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
588 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1996)35:4<588:ACATGD>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Reaching a diagnosis or formulating a differential diagnosis in dermat opathology involves combining information from clinical and pathologic al sources. Traditionally, this process is presented as a chronologic profession from the patient's complaint, through the evaluation of fin dings, terminating in the microscopic examination of the biopsy specim en. However, dermatopathologists often find the sequence reversed. The y must first farm an impression of the diagnosis from the slide and th en supplement it with clinical information. The purpose of this articl e is to present the spectrum of granulomatous dermatoses from a pathol ogic perspective. The dermatoses are categorized into five groups on t he basis of histologic patterns.