Annular papulovesicular lesions with a purpuric center in a female inpatient

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Epidermal multinucleated keratinocytes, or epidermal grape cells, in the absence of any viral infection, are an important histological finding and a clue for the diagnosis of dermatoses induced by external irritation or aggression, dermatitis artefacta, and facticial dermatitis. Thermal damage such as cryogenic injury is part of the spectrum of causes to be evoked in case of their presence.

Keywords

• cold‐induced contact dermatitis
• facticial dermatitis
• irritant dermatitis
• multinucleated keratinocytes