inflammatory skin disease

inflammatory skin disease

A widely used but nonspecific term of art used by both dermatologists and pathologists for an array of dermopathies characterised by varying amounts of inflammation with subtle differences in histology; they require clinicopathological correlation to reach a viable diagnosis on which the clinician can manage his or her patients.
Major reaction patterns, inflammatory skin disease
• Granulomatous;
• Inflammatory;
• Lichenoid;
• Panniculitic;
• Psoriasiform;
• Spongiotic;
• Vasculitic;
• Vesiculobullous.