Kyrle Disease Differential Diagnoses
- Author: Daniel J Hogan, MD; Chief Editor: William D James, MD more...
Differential Diagnoses
- Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosum
- Folliculitis
- Hyperkeratosis Lenticularis Perstans (Flegel Disease)
- Keratoacanthoma
- Keratosis Follicularis (Darier Disease)
- Keratosis Pilaris
- Lichen Planus
- Perforating Folliculitis
- Perforating periumbilical calcific elastosis
- Prurigo Nodularis
- Reactive Perforating Collagenosis
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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