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Deep skin disorders — extra information

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Terminology

Deep skin disorders

Skin diseases that involve or infiltrate the dermis (deeper layer of skin) or subcutis (fat layer below the skin) include:

Structural diseases

Amyloidosis
Anetoderma
Cellulite
Connective tissue naevi
Cutis laxa
Dermatofibroma
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Dupuytren contracture
Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Elastolytic giant cell granuloma
Elastosis
Elastosis perforans serpiginosa
Fibromatosis
Keloids and hypertrophic scars
Knuckle pads
Infective panniculitis
Leiomyoma
Leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome
Lipodystrophy
Lipoedema
Lipoid proteinosis
Lipoma
Mastocytoma
Mid-dermal elastolysis
Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy
Neurofibroma
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Solar elastosis
Reactive perforating collagenosis
Striae (stretch marks)

Inflammatory infiltrations

Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis
Eosinophilic dermatosis of haematological malignancy
Eosinophilic fasciitis
Erythema nodosum
Histiocytoses
Idiopathic nodular panniculitis
Jessner lymphocytic infiltrate
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lymphocytoma cutis
Lymphomatoid papulosis
Mastocytosis
Morphoea
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Panniculitis
Pseudolymphoma
Relapsing polychondritis
Reticulohistiocytosis
Sweet disease Systemic sclerosis

Granulomas

Atypical mycobacterial infection
Cutaneous tuberculosis
Granuloma faciale
Granuloma annulare
Granulomatous dermatitis
Leprosy
Pyogenic granuloma
Sarcoidosis
Sclerema neonatorum
Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn

Miscellaneous

Leukaemia cutis
Malignant histiocytoses
Osteoma cutis
Benign lymphoplasmacytic plaque

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