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. 2025 Apr;23(4):513-515.
doi: 10.1111/ddg.15681. Epub 2025 Feb 13.

Skin lesions after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Graft-versus-host disease versus true dermatomyositis

Alba Calleja Algarra  1 , Borja González Rodriguez  1 , Jon Fulgencio Barbarin  1 , Fátima Tous Romero  1 , Virginia Velasco Tamariz  1 , Lorena Calderón Lozano  1 , Pablo Luis Ortiz-Romero  1 , Carlos Zarco Olivo  1
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Skin lesions after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Graft-versus-host disease versus true dermatomyositis

Alba Calleja Algarra et al. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2025 Apr.
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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Erythematous scaly plaques on the back side of metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Epidermal hyperplasia, hypergranulosis and parakeratosis. Superficial interface dermatitis with a lichenoid pattern of lymphocytic infiltrate (hematoxylin‐eosin stain, scale bar: 100 µm).
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Interface dermatitis with apoptotic keratinocytes within the epidermis (hematoxylin‐eosin stain, scale bar: 20 µm).
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