subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Histologic Features
- A scale-crust
- Extensive vacuolar alteration of the basal layer
- Scattered necrotic keratinocytes
- Marked edema of the papillary dermis
- A sparse lymphohistiocytic infiltrate containing a few neutrophils and nuclear dusts
- A superficial perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate
- Mucin deposition between collagen bundles
Updated Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:30:48 PM