Inpatient Pediatric Dermatopathology

Pediatric dermatopathology includes a range of diseases, particularly inflammatory and genodermatosis, that pathologists may not be entirely familiar with. Furthermore, children are not biopsied frequently, and this limits the understanding of the histopathologic features in pediatric skin disorders. Some diseases may only be encountered early in life, and the differential diagnosis of certain conditions in children is different from that considered in adults. This chapter covers pediatric dermatopathology in the hospital setting.