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. 2025 Apr 15;16(3):435-439.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_1039_24. eCollection 2025 May-Jun.

Avian-Inspired Analogies in Dermatology

Mira Tharani Srinivasan  1 , Tanigassalame Pavithran  1 , Ramamoorthy Logamoorthy  1 , Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan  1
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Avian-Inspired Analogies in Dermatology

Mira Tharani Srinivasan et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Clinical image showing keratosis pilaris, characterized by multiple keratotic follicular papules on the upper outer aspect of the left arm. The papules are small, rough, and skin-colored, giving a “chicken skin” appearance
Figure 2
Figure 2
Clinical image depicting multiple chickenpox (varicella) lesions on the back. The lesions are in various stages, including red macules, vesicles, and crusted papules, distributed diffusely across the skin
Figure 3
Figure 3
Hematoxylin and eosin (H and E) stained section at 400x magnification, showing spindle-shaped cells with elongated, wavy nuclei, characteristic of neurofibroma. Mast cells with a distinctive “fried egg” appearance (red arrow) is interspersed within the myxoid stroma
Figure 4
Figure 4
Clinical image showing multiple, grouped, discrete, tiny, skin-colored follicular papules on the right cheek, suggestive of traumatic anserine folliculitis. The lesions resemble “goose skin,” presenting as rough, small bumps around the hair follicles
Figure 5
Figure 5
Clinical image showing numerous firm, round-to-oval, yellowish, non-follicular papules, each a few millimeters in diameter, coalescing into plaques with a symmetric distribution around the neck and axilla. This appearance is characteristic of pseudoxanthoma elasticum, often described as resembling “plucked chicken skin”
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