Epidermal necrosis with multinucleated keratinocytes: a possible diagnostic clue for dermatitis artefacta in children

S M Amin; O Yélamos; M E Martinez-Escala; L Shen; M Rosenbaum; P Gerami; B M Kenner-Bell; A J Mancini; A S Paller; J Guitart

doi:10.1111/jdv.13344

Epidermal necrosis with multinucleated keratinocytes: a possible diagnostic clue for dermatitis artefacta in children

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016 Oct;30(10):e101-e102. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13344. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

Authors

S M Amin¹, O Yélamos¹, M E Martinez-Escala¹, L Shen^{2

3}, M Rosenbaum¹, P Gerami^{1

2}, B M Kenner-Bell^{1

2

3}, A J Mancini^{1

2

3}, A S Paller^{1

2

3}, J Guitart^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Division of Dermatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. j-guitart@northwestern.edu.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. j-guitart@northwestern.edu.

PMID: 26373457
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.13344

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biopsy
Dermatitis / diagnosis*
Dermatitis / pathology
Epidermis / pathology*
Female
Humans
Necrosis