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. 2023 Jul 1;13(3):e2023188.
doi: 10.5826/dpc.1303a188.

Comedonal Plaque on the Face

Haifa Mkhinini  1 , Nadia Fetoui Ghariani  1 , Badreddine Sriha  2 , Mohamed Denguezli  1
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Comedonal Plaque on the Face

Haifa Mkhinini et al. Dermatol Pract Concept. .
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Figure 1
(A) Infraorbital erythematous plaque with open comedones on the surface. (B) Dermoscopic image (Dermlite DL4, polarized mode) showing brownish keratotic plugs (black arrow) and milia-like cysts (black circle) on an erythematous background (white star). (C) Histological examination showing keratotic plugs and comedones (black stars), vacuolar degeneration of the basal cell layer (yellow arrow), periadnexal inflammatory infiltrate (green star) (H&E, x40). (D) Positive lupus band test on direct immunofluorescence.
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