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What are the two types of subcutaneous neoplasms?

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Panniculitis- inflammation of fat or vessles

Tumors- Lipomas or leiomyomas

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Polyarteritis nodosum is what type of subcutaneous neoplasm?

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Panniculitis

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What is polyarteritis nodosum?

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Inflammatory disease of small/medium sized muscular arteries

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How does polyarteritis nodosum present?

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Palpable purpura in the skin +/- ulceration, often in the lower limbs

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What do we see on histology of polyarteritis nodosum?

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Inflammation of the arteries in the subcortis with fibrin deposition

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Where on the body is erythema nodosum found?

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Most commonly on the front of the legs

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What conditions are thought to cause erythema nodosum

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May be associated with drugs- sulfa, NSAIDs or OCP, infections, or idiopathic

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Inflammatory dermatosis is a fancy name for what?

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Rash

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What is lichenoid dermatitis?

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Band-like infiltrate of inflammatory cells attacking the dermal/epidermal junction

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List the 6 P’s of lichen planus?

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Pruritic, purple, polygonal, papule, plaques

all of lichen Planus

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What changes occur in the rete ridges in lichen planus?

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Sawtoothing

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Apoptotic cells stay where in lichen planus? Why is this important?

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The basal layer- it differentiates lichen planus from erythema multiforme

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Where are colloid bodies seen in lichen planus?

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In the basal layer- they are the apoptotic keratinocytes

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What causes erythema multiforme and what is the disease course?

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EM is cause by infections, most commonly HSV

It is self-resolving

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At what % surface involvement is TENS designated?

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SJS –> TENS at 30% surface involvement

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What is the characteristic appearance of erythema multiforme?

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Targetoid- looks like little bullseyes

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In contrast to lichen planus, apoptotic bodies (Civatte bodies) of erythema multiforme are found where?

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Throughout the entire thickness of the epidermis

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What are the corneal changes seen in erythema multiforme?

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None- this is a very acute process

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What is the major difference between erythema multiforme and SJS/TENS?

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By SJS/TENS, all of the keratinocytes have been killed off

Once the entire epidermis is necrosed, it’s going to fall off –> skin sloughing

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Lupus is what type of dermatitis?

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Lichenoid dermatitis

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Dermal mucin is a buzzword for which dermatitis?

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Lupus erythematosis

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On direct immunofluorescence of lupus, which proteins are positive?

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Positive lupus band test = IgG, IgA, IgM and C3 all along the basement membrane

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How does dermatomyositis appear histologically?

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Similar to lupus but with less mucin and epidermal atrophy….requires clinical picture to differentiate

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What is lichen sclerosis et atrophicus?

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Seen with chronic itching/irritation –> seen in the genital area

Hyalinization of the collagen

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Atypical lymphocytes along the dermal/epidermal junction are suggestive of what disease?

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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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What is a Pautrier’s microabscess?

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Group of atypical lymphocyte seen in cutaneous t-cell lymphoma

27
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What makes an atypical lymphocyte from T-cell lymphoma “atypical”?

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Cerebriform nuclei

“lump of coal on a pillow”

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What is the “Lichenoid pattern” seen in Lichen planus, erythema multiform, SJS/TENS, Lupus, Lichen sclorosis and CTCL?

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Lymphocytes coming up and attacking the dermal/epidermal junction

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List the 3 histologic features that differentiate lichen planus from the other lichenoid dermatoses

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wedge shaped hypergranulosis, hyperkeratosis, and apoptotic stay on the basal layer.

30
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What is the major histologic distinguishing feature of erythema multiform?

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Full thickness apoptotic bodies

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What is the major histologic distinguishing feature of SJS/TENS?

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Full thickness epidermal necrosis-> sloughing

32
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What is the major histologic distinguishing feature of lupus?

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follicular plugging, mucin deposition, increased basement membrane

33
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What is the major histologic distinguishing feature of lichen sclerosis?

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Sclerotic collagen

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What is the major histologic distinguishing feature of cutaneous t cell lymphoma?

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Atypical lymphocytes + Pautrier microabscesses

35
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What defines psoriasiform dermatitis?

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Regular elongation of the rete ridges

36
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What is the clinical appearance of psoriasis?

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Well demarcated plaques with adherent silver/white scale

37
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What is important about the thinning of the suprapapillary plates?

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Thinning –> auspitz sign. When you peel off the scale, it bleeds because the dilated blood vessels in the –> pinpoint bleeding

38
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What causes spongiotic dermatitis?

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Edema within the epidermis caused by inflammatory factors –> vesicle formation in the epidermis

39
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What is a common example of spongiotic dermatitis?

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allergic contact dermatitis

40
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What causes a bullous dermatitis?

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Split in the epidermis

41
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Give three examples of a bullous dermatitis

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Bullous pemphigoid
Pemphigus vulgaris
Dermatitis herpetiformis

42
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Are the bullae of bullous pemphigoid tense or flaccid?

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Tense

43
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WHere does the “split” occur in a bullous pemphigoid?

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Subepidermal

Associated with eosinophils

44
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What causes blistering in bullous pemphigoid?

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IgG antibodies against hemidesmosomes (BPAG1 and BPAG2)

45
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Which is the most common type of pemphigus?

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Pemphigus vulgaris

46
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How does pemphigus vulgaris appear clinically?

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Superficial vesicles and bullae that rupture easily leaving shallow, crusted erosions

47
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IgG against which protein structure are attacked in pemphigus vulgaris?

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Desmosomes –> intraepidermal bullae that are flaccid and more easily rupture

IgG is against desmoglein, most specifically

48
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Dermatitis herpetiformis is associated with which disease?

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Celiac disease

Both the herpetiformis and enteropathy respond to a gluten-free disease (due to antibodies

49
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What is the poster child disease for granulomatous dermatitis?

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sarcoidosis

50
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Name a leukocytoclastic vasculitis

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Henoch schonlein purpura

51
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Verrucas are driven by what infection?

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HPV

52
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What are the histologic features of verrucas?

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Hyperkeratosis, hypergranulosis and papillomatosis (bart simpson sign)

+ Koilocytes- (vacuolated keratinocytes with raisin like nuclei)

53
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Who gets molluscom contagiousum?

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Kids

54
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What causes molluscom contagiosum?

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viral infection–> mollsucum bodies (HENDERSON PATTERSON BODIES) : intracytoplasmic virus pushes cellular structures to the outside –> glassy cellular appearance of cells

55
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What are the 3 M’s of HSV1 and HSV2?

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Molding (“spooning”), multinucleated and marginated chromatin

56
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HSV: What is hutchinson’s sign? Why is it important?

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HZV involvement of the nose: important because it could result in vision impairment if there is ocular involvement

57
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Where do we see the fungus on KOH prep of a cutaneous fungal infection?

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In the corneum

Can also see fungi with PAS stain

58
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Which fungal infection looks like “spaghetti and meatballs” on H and E?

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Tinea versicolor

59
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What does a tinea versicolor infection look like?

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Macules and patches of hypo/hyperpigmentation on the trunk

60
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How does the size of blasto compare to surrounding inflammatory cells?

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Slightly larger- basically the same size, and consistent in size

61
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How does the size of coccidiomycosis compare to surrounding lymphocytes?

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WAY BIGGER

62
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How does the size of histo compare to surrounding lymphocytes?

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Histo is intracellular- much smaller

63
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How does the size of cryptococcus compare to surrounding inflammatory cells?

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About the same size, although the sizes varies a little bit (differentiate from blastomycosis)

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