discoid lupus erythematosus
Histologic Features
- A basket-weave cornified layer overlying normal epidermis
- Vacuolar alteration of the basal layer dermo-epidermal interface
- A dense lymphohistiocytic infiltrate around blood vessels of the deep plexuses and around adnexae
- Abundant mucin deposition between collagen bundles
- A thickened basement membrane with a smudged interface
Updated Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:30:48 PM