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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar-Apr;96(2):234-236.
doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2020.06.011. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Case for diagnosis. Atypical Grover's disease

Pablo Vargas-Mora  1 , Diego Orlandi  2 , Irene Araya  2 , Claudia Morales  3
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Case for diagnosis. Atypical Grover's disease

Pablo Vargas-Mora et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2021 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A 55-year-old male presented with an eight-month history of erythematous papules and plaques with demarcated areas of spared skin on his trunk, upper extremities, neck, and face. Grover's disease is a rare, acquired disorder of unknown origin, which is classically characterized by the appearance of erythematous papules on the upper trunk that are usually transient. As in the present case, there are reports of atypical disease, with facial involvement, pityriasis rubra pilaris-like lesions, and a more chronic course.

Keywords: Acantholysis; Atypical; Grover’s disease; Transient acantholytic dermatosis.

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Figure 1
(A and B) Erythematous papules and plaques with well-demarcated areas of spared skin on anterior thorax and back.
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Figure 2
(A and B) Erythematous papules and plaques with superficial scaling on the face.
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Figure 3
Dermoscopy shows a pink background with dotted and glomerular vessels, and fine white scaling.
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Figure 4
(A and B) Suprabasal acantholysis with focal spongiosis and numerous dyskeratotic cells (Hematoxylin & eosin, ×40 and ×100, respectively).
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