Vulva Inflammatory dermatologic diseases that affect hair-bearing skin elsewhere on the body may also occur on the vulva (see Chapter 2 ). A selected group of disorders are addressed here primarily because of the frequency with which they are seen…
Inflammatory Conditions Superficial Perivascular Dermatitis Dermatitis With Minimal Epidermal Changes Superficial Dermatophytosis (Tinea) Clinical Features Caused by three genera of imperfect fungi— Epidermophyton, Trichophyton, and Microsporum —that cause superficial infections involving keratinized tissues such as the cornified layer of epidermis,…
Key features ▪ Fibrous and fibrohistiocytic proliferations of the skin and tendons are common lesions that include both neoplastic and “reactive” processes ▪ Common benign fibrous and fibrohistiocytic proliferations, some of their atypical variants that could be misdiagnosed as malignant…