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Book - Elston > Ch. 1 - Glossary > Flashcards

Ch. 1 - Glossary Flashcards

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Acantholysis

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Loss of cell-cell adhesion

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Acanthosis

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Increase in thickness of the epidermis. Can be regular or irregular (refers to level of the rete pegs).

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Arborizing

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Branching, often referring to rete or vasculature

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Asteroid body

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Collections of eosinophilic material seen in sporotrichosis, also star-shaped intracytoplasmic inclusions in granulomatous processes

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Ballooning degeneration

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Destruction of epidermis by dissolution of cell attachments and intracellular edema

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Caterpillar body

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Pale pink linear basement membrane material (type IV collagen) within epidermis, seen in porphyria cutanea tarda.

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Civatte/colloid bodies

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Pink, globular remnants of keratinocytes

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Collagen entrapment

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Collagen fibers (balls) surrounded by histiocytes/spindle cells.

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Cornoid lamellae

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45-degree parakeratosis in a column above a focus with diminished granular layer and underlying dyskeratotic cells.

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Corps ronds/grains

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  • Corps ronds = rounded nucleus with halo of pale dyskeratotic cytoplasm - Grain = dark blue flattened nucleus surrounded by minimal cytoplasm
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Cowdry A body

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Intranuclear pink inclusion of herpesvirus infection (AKA “Lipshutz body”

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Cowdry B body

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Intranuclear pink inclusions of adenovirus and poliovirus infections

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Crust

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Serum/fluid with inflammatory cells/debris in stratum corneum

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Donovan body

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Intracytoplasmic collections of bacteria seen in granuloma inguinale

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Dutcher body

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Intracytoplasmic pink masses of immunoglobulin that invaginate into plasma cell nuclei.

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Effacement

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Loss of normal rete pattern

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Eosinophilic spongiosis

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Spongiosis with eosinophils in the epidermis

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Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis

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Coarse, irregular hypergranulosis associated with disruption of cell membranes (associated with keratin 1 and 10 mutations)

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Epidermotropism

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Lymphocytes in epidermis with relative absence of spongiosis (usually reserved for mycosis fungoides)

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Exocytosis

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Lymphocytes in the epidermis with associated spongiosis (usually reserved for spongiotic dermatitis)

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Festooning

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Papillary dermis retains an undulating pattern (usually reserved for porphyria cutanea tarda)

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Flame figure

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Collagen encrusted with major basic protein from eosinophils

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Follicular mucinosis

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Alteration of hair sheath anatomy by pools of mucin

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Grenz zone

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Uninvolved area of dermis beneath the epidermis or adjacent to a hair follicle (border zone)

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Guarnieri body

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Eosinophilic inclusions of smallpox

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Henderson-Paterson body

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Intracytoplasmic oval, pink inclusions of molluscum infection

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Hyper/hypogranulosis

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Increased/decreased granular layer

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Interface

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Refers to the dermoepidermal junction

29
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Kamino body

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Dull pink to amphophilic basement membrane material within the epidermis in a Spitz nevus

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Leishman-Donovan body

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Intracytoplasmic collections of amastigotes in leishmaniasis

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Lentiginous epidermal hyperplasia

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Elongated bulbous rete

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Lentigenous melanocytic growth pattern

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Proliferation predominantly along the dermoepidermal junction

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Leukocytoclasia

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Fragmentation of neutrophils (karyorrhexis)

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Lichenoid dermatitis

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Interface dermatitis with destruction of the basal layer and Civatte body formation

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Lichenoid infiltrate

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A band-like infiltrate of mostly lymphocytes at the dermoepidermal junction

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Medlar body

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Brown, round structure resembling overlapping copper pennies. Divides by septation, resembling a hot-cross bun

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Metachromasia

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Staining a different color from the stain itself

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Michaelis-Gutman body

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Intra- and extracellular calcified, concentric circular structures, seen in malakoplakia

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Munro microabscess

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Collection of neutrophils in the stratum corneum, as seen in psoriasis

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Necrobiosis

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Pale-staining smudged necrotic collagen

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Negri body

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Intraneuronal inclusion seen in rabies infection

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Orthokeratosis

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Stratum corneum without retained nuclei (normal)

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Pagetoid cells

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Large cells with abundant cytoplasm within the epidermis

44
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Pagetoid scatter

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Buckshot scatter of atypical cells within the epidermis

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Palisading

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Picket fence-like arrangement at the periphery

46
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Papillary mesenchymal body

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Structure that resembles the whorl of plump mesenchymal cells normally present in the hair papilla (seen in trichoblastoma and trichoepithelioma)

47
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Papillomatosis

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Exophytic finger-like projections

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Parakeratosis

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Stratum corneum with retained nuclei

49
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Pigment incontinence

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Melanin within dermal macrophages and free within the dermis

50
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Psammoma body

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Extracellular laminated, calcified structures seen in meningioma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma

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Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH)

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Prominent acanthosis of the adnexal epithelium and epidermis, mimics squamous cell carcinoma. Associated with trapping of elastic fibers

52
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Pseudohorn cyst

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Keratin-filled cystic structure that results from cutting through invaginations of the stratum corneum (connects to surface, unlike horn cyst)

53
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Reticular degeneration

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Destruction of epidermis with cell membranes remaining in a net-like pattern.

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Russell body

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Intracytoplasmic pink collections of immunoglobulins in plasma cells, seen in rhinoscleroma and other plasmacytic lesions.

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Schaumann body

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Laminated calcified structure seen in sarcoidosis

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Shadow cells

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Cells with barely visible outlines of nuclei

57
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Spongiform pustule of Kogoj

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Neutrophils in the stratum spinosum, associated with peripheral spongiosis (typical of psoriasis)

58
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Spongiosis

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Intercellular edema in epidermis with stretching of cell-cell junctions

59
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Squamotization (squamatization)

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Loss of cuboidal/columnar basal cells, with deepest layer replaced by polyhedral pink squamous cells

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Squamous eddies

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Circular whorls of squamous cells

61
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Vacuolar change

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Formation of clear spaces within the basal layer

62
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Verocay body

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Structure composed of two nuclear palisades enclosing pink cytoplasmic processes, seen in Schwannoma

63
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Villus

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Projection of papillary dermis covered by a layer of epidermal cells into a cavity.

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