Diagnosis: Plant contact dermatitis
Description: Tethering of areas of the epidermis
Clinical Features: Blisters
Pathology/Site Features: Edema of the dermis
Sex: F
Age: 45
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential Diagnosis
History:
This was a biopsy from a blister on a patient's leg.She was highly allergic to mango sap.Dermal contact dermatitis can also be seen in a photoallergic contact and from neomycin.This degree of edema is unusual.There is stretching and tethering of the overlying epidermis with a marked dermal eosinophilic infiltrate.
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