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DERMATOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS:
| AFX | atypical fibroxanthoma |
| AGEP | acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis |
| ALCL | anaplastic large cell lymphoma |
| ALH | angiolymphoid hyperplasia (with eosinophilia) |
| APA | antiphospholipid antibodies |
| BPP | benign pigmented purpura |
| CAD | chronic actinic dermatitis; coronary artery disease |
| CARP | confluent and reticulated papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteaud |
| CBPL | cutaneous B-cell pseudo-lymphoma |
| CGD | chronic granulomatous disease |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CIE | congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma |
| CTCL | cutaneous T-cell lymphoma |
| CTPL | cutaneous T-cell pseudo-lymphoma |
| ddx | differential diagnosis |
| DSAP | disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis |
| DH | dermatitis herpetiformis |
| EED | erythema elevatum diutinum |
| EMPD | extramammary paget's disease |
| EPP | erythropoietic protoporphyria |
| HSP | Henoch-Schonlein purpura |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
| JXG | juvenile xanthogranuloma |
| LCV | leukocytoclastic vasculitis |
| LyP | lymphomatoid papulosis |
| MGUS | monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance |
| NLD | necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum |
| NOS | not otherwise specficied |
| NXG | necrobiotic xanthogranuloma |
| OCA | oculocutaneous albinism |
| PAC | papulo-acrodermatitis of childhood (Gianotti-Crosti) |
| PIPA | post-inflammatory pigmentary alteration |
| PG | pyoderma gangrenosum OR pyogenic granuloma |
| PLC | pityriasis lichenoides chronica |
| PLEVA | pityriasis lichenoides et varioliform acuta |
| PPK | palmoplantar keratoderma |
| PMLE | polymorphous light eruption |
PRP pityriasis rubra pilaris
| PSGN | post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis |
| PSS | progressive systemic sclerosis |
| PXE | pseudoxanthoma elasticum |
| PVD | peripheral vascular disease |
| REM | reticulate erythematous mucinosis |
| RES | reticuloendothelial system |
| SBE | subacute bacterial endocarditis |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| SCID | severe combined immunodeficiency disease |
| SPD | subcorneal pustular dermatosis |
| SCPD | subcorneal pustular dermatosis |
| SPD | subcorneal pustular dermatosis |
| SSSS | staph scalded skin syndrome |
| SWD | Sneddon Wilkinson Disease |
WG Wegener's Granulomatosis
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