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. 2017 May-Jun;8(3):215-216.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_100_16.

Rapp Hodgkin Syndrome

Manas Chatterjee  1 , Shekhar Neema  1 , Sweta Mukherjee  2
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Rapp Hodgkin Syndrome

Manas Chatterjee et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2017 May-Jun.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Repaired cleft lip and palate, epiphora; (b) hypodontia; (c) Scalp dermatitis; (d) Hypospadias
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Histopathology of skin – Hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, follicular plugging (H and E. 4×); (b) Histopathology of skin – Increased pigmentation of basal layer, superficial perivascular infiltrate, and decreased pilosebaceous follicles (H and E, 10×); (c, d) Dry trichoscopy using polarised light (Heine Delta 20) – varying diameters of hair shafts, hair shaft at variable angles, most follicles, containing single hair and gray hairs – consistent with pili torti
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