• | dilantin hypersensitivity syndrome – not “hypersensitivity”, but rather due to build up of a metabolite of the drug secondary to a genetic deficit in a metabolic enzyme |
• | MF – not “mycosis”, not “fungoides” |
• | nevus depigmentosus – not “depigmented” (hypopigmented) |
• | adenoma sebaceum: neither adenomatous nor sebaceous (= angiofibromas) |
• | palisaded encapsulated neuroroma no real palisading, and no encapsulation |
• | livedoid vasculitis – a vasculopathy not a vasculitis |
• | lupus pernio- not LE but sarcoid |
• | keratosis follicularis not follicular |
• | ecthyma contagiosum - a misnomer in a sense in that it is not contagious from person to person |
• | ichthyosis linearis circumflexa - not "ichthyotic" at all; looks like flaky paint (like a superficial blister) |
• | ichthyosis hystrix - may look "ichthyotic" but it is a systematized epidermal nevus |
"granuloma" but not granulomatous:
• | pyogenic granuloma – not granuloma, not pyogenic |
• | granuloma faciale – not granulomatous (called so on basis of color), but localized LCV |
• | granuloma fissuratum - not granulomatous (aka acanthoma fissuratum) |
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