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Look for characteristic findings among the causes of vacuolar interface dermatitis: | Look for characteristic findings among the causes of vacuolar interface dermatitis: | ||
{{Table of causes of vacuolar interface dermatitis}} | {{Table of causes of vacuolar interface dermatitis}} | ||
An interface dermatitis with vacuolar alteration, not otherwise specified, may be caused by viral exanthems, phototoxic dermatitis, acute radiation dermatitis, erythema dyschromicum perstans, lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis.<ref name=" | An interface dermatitis with vacuolar alteration, not otherwise specified, may be caused by viral exanthems, phototoxic dermatitis, acute radiation dermatitis, erythema dyschromicum perstans, lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis.<ref name="Alsaad2005unless"/> | ||
===Unclear cases=== | ===Unclear cases=== | ||
PAS-staining showing a thickened basement membrane indicates mainly [[systemic lupus erythematosus]] or [[dermatomyositis]], but also possibly [[lichen sclerosus]].<ref name="LeBoit2000">{{cite journal|last1=LeBoit|first1=Philip E|title=A Thickened Basement Membrane is a Clue to … Lichen Sclerosus!|journal=The American Journal of Dermatopathology|volume=22|issue=5|year=2000|pages=457–458|issn=0193-1091|doi=10.1097/00000372-200010000-00014}}</ref> | PAS-staining showing a thickened basement membrane indicates mainly [[systemic lupus erythematosus]] or [[dermatomyositis]], but also possibly [[lichen sclerosus]].<ref name="LeBoit2000">{{cite journal|last1=LeBoit|first1=Philip E|title=A Thickened Basement Membrane is a Clue to … Lichen Sclerosus!|journal=The American Journal of Dermatopathology|volume=22|issue=5|year=2000|pages=457–458|issn=0193-1091|doi=10.1097/00000372-200010000-00014}}</ref> | ||
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