Dermatopathology Chapter 7 Flashcards
Multiple basaloid tumor micronodules fused together in jigsaw pattern, small ducts, and thick hyaline (pink) BMZ material surrounding each tumor micronodule?
Cylindroma
Lymphocytes “peppered into tumor”?
Spiradenoma
Nodule of monomorphous poroid cells with no epidermal connection?
Dermal duct tumor
Erythema induratum (Bazin disease) is?
Subcutaneous inflammatory nodules with ulceration on posterior calves, Associated with past or active TB
Verhoeff-van Gieson (VVG) stains elastic fibers and collagen?
Elastic fibers - Black
Collagen - Red
Rest of connective tissue - Yellow
Masson Trichrome stains smooth muscle?
Smooth muscle - Red
Collagen fibers -Blue/green
Movat’s pentachrome stains smooth muscle?
Smooth muscle - Red (Same as Masson trichrome)
Elastic fibers - Black
Collagen - Yellow
Smooth muscle stains blue with what stain?
Phosphotungstic acid hematoxylin
Lipids stain red with Oil-Red-O and Scarlet red part from?
Sudan black B, which stains lipid black
What stain distinguishes iron/hemosidrin from melanin?
Prussian blue, stains iron, blue
Von Kossa stains calcium?
Brown/black
and stains calcium red/orange with Alizarin red
Congo red stains amyloid?
Red/pink, apple green birefringence when polarized
Which stains are used for amyloid?
Thioflavin T and cresol violet
Fontant masson and silver nitrate stain for?
Melanin
Clear cell acanthoma and trichilemmoma show positive stain for?
PAS is positive due to increase glycogen in these conditions
PAS-D for diastase is useful for?
Helpful for demonstrating BMZ thickening (lupus, DM) and thickened vessel walls of porphyria
Giemsa stains?
Leishmania, Histoplasma, and Rickettsia
What stain can you use for neurofibroma’s?
Bodian, stains positively black for nerve axons
What stain would highlight elastic fiber changes in PXE?
Verhoefs-Van Gieson
Most serious adverse event with clofazimine?
Crystal deposition in the bowel