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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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According to Elston, what looks like a clonal seborrheic keratosis but has ducts?

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What is the diagnosis for the following phrase: “Blue islands floating in a sea of snot”?

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Mucinous carcinoma

Islands of blue cells surrounded by mucin

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According to Elston, “what is a syringoma from hell?”

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Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC)

  • MAC differentiates as pilar and sweat
  • Sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma is a subtype of MAC (“a sweaty MAC”) → differentiates only as sweat; “monophasic” → only has pink “paisley tie” islands (not blue islands like in MAC)
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What are the histologic features of a hidrocystoma?

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  • A simple sweat duct cyst with cuboidal epithelium
  • Can be stretched out
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What is the primordial sweat gland, according to Elston?

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Apocrine glands

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Also known as a chondroid syringoma

Anastomosing strands surrounding myxoid stroma

Has mesenchymal elements and epithelial elements

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