reactive perforating collagenosis
Histologic Features
- A transepidermal perforation of the epidermis filled with basophilic collagen bundles, dyskeratotic epidermal cells, neutrophilic debris, etc.
- Similar foci of degenerative collagen with cellular debris within the stratum corneum
- Relatively few inflammatory cells at the base of the lesion
- No increase in the number of elastic fibers in the dermis as illustrated by the elastic stains
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