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Derm Path I Flashcards

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What is the role of the stratum basale?

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Keratinocyte stem cells

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What is the role of the stratum spinosum?

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Production of keratin

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What is the role of hte stratum granulosum?

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Processes keratin to make it soft

Nails don’t have stratum granulosum –> why it’s not soft

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What is the role of the stratum lucidem and where in the body is it found?

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Protective against shear force

Found in thick skin- in the palms and soles of feet

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What is the role of the stratum corneum?

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Adds strength- primarily dead cells- deals with water balance as well

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What do Merkel cells look like under a microscope?

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Nothing - you can’t see them!

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What cells are disordered in ichthyosis?

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Keratinocytes

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What is the path of ichthyosis?

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Defective desquamation leads to build up of compacted scale

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9
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Which enzyme is deficient in x-linked ichthyosis?

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Steroid sulfatase, responsible for “breaking down the concrete between the bricks so the bricks can slough off”

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What is orthokeratosis?

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Fish-like scales - seen in ichthyosis

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11
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“barnacles of age” are the dominant feature of what derm condition?

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Seborrheic keratosis

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What is the clinical morphology of seborrheic keratosis?

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“Stuck on” verrucous waxy appearing brown papules or plaques anywhere on the skin except the palms and soles

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What is “papillomatosis”

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The Bart Simpson sign-

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What is the major difference between seborrheic keratosis and melanoma?

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Lack of atypia in sebhorreic

Flat base “string sign” present in sebhorreic – line in which the hyperplasia does not invade into the dermis

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Which disease process is described by poorly defined, hyperpigmented verrucous plaques with a velvety scale commonly found in the creases of the axilla and neck?

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Acanthosis nigricans

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Which layer of the skin undergoes hyperpigmentation in acanthosis nigricans?

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basal layer

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What two histologic findings are found both acanthosis nigricans and seborrheic nigricans?

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Hyperkeratosis and papillomatosis

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Which two histologic findings differentiate seborrheic keratosis from acanthosis nigricans?

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Shoe-string sign

Pseudo horn cysts

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What is the Leser-Trelat sign?

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Eruption of MANY many seborrheic keratosis spots

Indicative of a paraneoplastic syndrome (predominantly GI)

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Differentiate the age of onset of benign type vs malignant type of acanthosis nigricans

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Benign: childhood (usually caused by obesity/endocrine or hereditary)

Malignant: middle age and up

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21
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What is an acrochordon?

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Fibroepithelial polyp/skin tag

22
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How would you describe a skin tag?

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Flesh colored pedunculated papule

23
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What is the core of a acrochordon?

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Fibrovascular core

24
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What is the name for a common scaly erythematous patch/macule located on sun-damaged skin?

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Actinic Keratosis

25
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Actinic keratosis is a precursor of which neoplasm?

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Squamous cell carcinoma

26
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What is the treatment for actinic keratosis?

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cryotherapy or topical chemotherapeutics to prevent progression to squamous cell carcinoma

They are all treated, although not all will become SCC

27
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What is the flag sign?

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Parakeratosis alternating with orthoparakeratosis

Parakeratosis = retention of nuclei

28
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What is Bowen’s disease?

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Squamous cell carcinoma in situ

Histo: atypia at all levels of the epidermis
Clinical: irregular scaly erythematous plaque like lesion

29
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What is bowenoid papulosis?

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Squamous cell carcinoma in situ

Histo: similar to Bowen’s- atypia at all levels of the epidermis

Clinically: HPV induced, located on the genitals, frequently multiple papules, may spontaneously regress or progress

30
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Why do you not see the flag sign in bowen’s disease?

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Because the atypia involves the hair follicle

31
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What is the second most common skin tumor?

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

32
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Who is at risk for developing squamous cell carcinoma?

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People with lots of sun exposure, older individuals and males

33
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What mutations are commonly associated with squamous cell carcinoma?

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TP53

34
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What is the risk of metastasis with squamous cell carcinoma?

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Less than 5% metastasize

35
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What is the invasion pattern of squamous cell carcinoma?

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They follow nerves- but they don’t enter blood vessels and metastasize

36
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Where is the keratinocyte atypia in actinic keratosis?

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Basal cell layer

37
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Where is the keratinocyte atypia in SSC in situ?

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full thickness

38
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Does actinic keratosis involve the hair follicle?

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No - this is why you get the flag sign

39
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Does SSC in situ involve the hair follicle?

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yes- this is why you don’t see the flag sign

40
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Is basal cell carcinoma invasive?

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Yes- it is the most common invasive cancer in humans

41
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What is a gene mutation associated with 30% of basal cell carcinomas?

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PTCH

42
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Describe Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome/Gorlin syndrome

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AD

Multiple BCC before age 20
Accompanied by medulloblastomas, ovarian fibromas, odantogenic keratocysts

43
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What is the gene mutated in Nevoid Basal Cell carcinoma/Gorlin syndrome?

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PTCH on chromosome 9q22.3

Two hit hypothesis

44
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What is the clinical morphology of basal cell carcinoma?

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Pearly pink papule with underlying telangectasia

45
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“Peripheral palisading” architecture is typical of what type of neoplasm?

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Basal cell carcinoma

46
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“Clefting” between the tumor and the stroma is indicative of what cancer?

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basal cell carcinoma

47
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What is the cause of vitiligo

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Autoimmune destruction of MELANOCYTES

48
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What do we see on histology for vitiligo?

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Loss of melanocytes

49
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What is the cause of albinism?

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Decreased tyrosinase activity, or defective transport of melanin

50
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What is melasma?

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HYPERpigmentation of the skin seen in pregnancy or OBC use

51
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Where does melanin deposit in melasma?

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Melanin deposits in the dermis

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