Dermatopathology (Part 2) Flashcards

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Inflammatory blistering disorders

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  • Pemphigus
  • Bullous Pemphigoid
  • Dermatitis Herpetiformis
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Noninflammatory blistering disorders

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  • Epidermolysis Bullosa

- Porphyria

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Subcorneal blisters

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  • Stratum corneum forms the roof of the bulla (as in pemphigus foliaceus)
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Suprabasilar blister

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  • Portion of the epidermis, including the stratum corneum, forms the roof (as in pemphigus vulgaris)
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Subepidermal blister

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  • The entire epidermis separates from the dermis (as in bullous pemphigoid)
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Pemphigus

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  • Etiological factor = autoantibodies

- Result in the dissolution of intercellular attachments (epidermis, mucosal epithelium)

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Pemphigus in adults

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  • Fourth to 6th decades of life

- Men and women are affected equally

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Multiple variants of pemphigus

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  • Pemphigus vulgaris
  • Pemphigus vegetans
  • Pemphigus foliaceus
  • Pemphigus erythematosus
  • Paraneoplastic pemphigus
  • Disorders are benign
  • Extreme cases can be fatal without treatment
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Pemphigus vulgaris

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  • Most common type (80% of cases worldwide)
  • Mucosa
  • Skin
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Pemphigus vulgaris affects the skin

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  • Scalp
  • Face
  • Axilla
  • Groin
  • Trunk
  • Points of pressure
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Pemphigus vulgaris as oral ulcers

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  • Persist for months before skin involvement appears
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Pemphigus vulgaris primary lesions

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  • Superficial vesicles and bullae that rupture easily

- Shallow erosions covered with dried serum and crust

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Pemphigus foliaceus

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  • Benign form (endemic in Brazil; fogo selvagem)
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Pemphigus foliaceus sites of predilection

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  • Scalp
  • Face
  • Chest
  • Back
  • Mucous membranes (rarely affected)
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Pemphigus folaceus bullae

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  • Blisters found in the superficial epidermis at the level of the stratum granulosum
  • Present as areas of erythema and crusting
  • Erosions of previous blister rupture
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Common histologic feature of all forms of Pemphigus

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  • Acantholysis
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Acantholysis in pemphigus

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  • Dissolution or lysis of the intercellular bridges
  • Pemphigus vulgaris and Pemphigus vegetans
  • Acantholysis selectively involves the cells immediately above the basal cell layer
  • Suprabasal acantholytic blister
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Pemphigus pathogenesis (autoimmune)

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  • IgG autoantibodies against desmogleins
  • Disruption of intercellular adhesions
  • Result – Blisters formation
  • Direct immunofluorescence
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Direct immunofluorescence in pemphigus

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  • Net-like pattern of intercellular IgG deposits
  • Pemphigus vulgaris = IgG is usually seen at all levels of the epithelium in
  • Pemphigus foliaceus = IgG distribution is superficial
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Pemphigus vulgaris depositis

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  • Deposition of Ab along the plasma membranes of keratinocytes in a reticular pattern
  • Accompanied by suprabasalar loss of cell-to-cell adhesion (acantholysis)
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Pemphigus foliaceus deposits

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  • Ab deposits and acantholysis are more superficial
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Bullous pemphigoid

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  • Affects the elderly

- Orla lesions

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Bullous pemphigoid sites of involvement

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  • Inner aspects of the thighs
  • Flexor surfaces of the forearms
  • Axillae
  • Groin
  • Lower abdomen
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Bullous pemphigoid oral lesions

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  • Present in 10% to 15% of affected individuals
  • Appear after the cutaneous lesions
  • Patients may present with urticarial plaques and severe pruritus
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Bullous pemphigoid pathogenesis

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  • Autoantibodies binding to hemidesmosome proteins
  • Linear deposition pattern at dermoepidermal junction
  • Antibodies against BPAG2 cause blistering
  • Autoantibodies activate complement
  • Recruitment
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Bullous pemphigoid antigens (BPAGs)

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  • Components of hemidesmosomes
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Bullous pemphigoid recruits

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  • Neutrophils

- Eosinophils (inflammation and disruption of epidermal attachments)

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Bullous pemphigoig morpology (1)

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  • Tense bullae filled with clear fluid
  • Bullae are usually less than 2 cm in diameter (can reach 4 to 8 cm)
  • Bullae do not rupture easily
  • Heal without scarring
  • Distinguishing Characteristic
  • Subepidermal, nonacantholytic blisters
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Bullous pemphigoig morphology (2)

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  • Deep perivascular infiltrate (lymphocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils)
  • Superficial dermal edema
  • Basal cell layer vacuolization
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Dermatitis herpetiformis characteristics

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  • Rare
  • Urticaria
  • Vesicles (pruritic)
  • Affects predominantly males
  • Third and fourth decades of life
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Dermatitis herpetiformis asociations

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  • Intestinal celiac disease
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Dermatitis herpetiformis pathogenesis

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  • Genetic predisposition
  • Individuals develop lgA Abs to dietary gluten
  • Abs cross-react with reticulin
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Abs cross-react with reticulin (dermatitis herpetiformis)

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  • Component of the anchoring fibrils

- Resultant subepidermal blister develops

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Dermatitis herpetiformis lesions

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  • Bilateral
  • Symmetric
  • Grouped
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Dermatitis herpetiformis areas involved

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  • Extensor surfaces
  • Elbows
  • Knees
  • Upper back
  • Buttocks
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Dermatitis herpetiformis morphology

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  • Fibrin and neutrophils accumulate at tips of dermal papillae
  • Small microabscesses
  • Direct Immunofluorescence (discontinuous, granular deposits of lgA at tips of dermal papillae)
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Epidermolysis bullosa

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  • Inherited defects in structural proteins
  • Formation of Blisters
  • Sites of pressure
  • Friction
  • Trauma
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex type

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  • Autosomal dominant mode of inheritance
  • Mutations in genes encoding keratin 14 or 5
  • Pair with one another to make a functional keratin fiber
  • Basal cell layer defect
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Weber-Cockayne subtype

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  • Mild bullous disease

- Characterized by localized blistering at sites of trauma such as the feet

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Dermatitis herpetiformis

blisters are associated with

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  • Accumulation of neutrophils (microabscesses) at the tips of dermal papillae
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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Koebner subtype

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  • Palmoplantar blistering and hyperkeratosis are noted

- Hyperkeratotic papules and plaques on the palm

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Epidermolysis bullosa junctional type

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  • Blisters of normal skin at the lamina lucida
  • Autosomal recessive defect
  • Subunits of laminin
  • Binds to hemidesmosomes and anchoring filaments
  • Typical erosions in flexural creases
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Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (Herlitz subtype)

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  • Severe disease characterized by generalized intralamina lucida blistering at birth
  • Significant internal involvement
  • Poor prognosis
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Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

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  • Sublamina densa BMZ separation
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Hemidesmosomal Epidermolysis Bullosa

New category

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  • Produces blistering at the hemidesmosomal level
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Dominantly inherited dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

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  • Blistering often is localized and is characterized by scarring and milia in healed blister sites
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Dominantly inherited dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa can result in

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  • Nail dystrophy and loss

oral cavity blistering and scarring

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Epidermolysis bullosa types

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  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (intraepidermal skin separation)
  • Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (skin separation in lamina lucida or central BMZ)
  • Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (sublamina densa BMZ separation)
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Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa histology

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  • Subepidermal blister at the level of the lamina lucida

- No associated inflammation

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Acne vulgaris

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  • Teenagers
  • Affects both males and females
  • Males tend to have more severe disease
  • Induced or exacerbated by drugs
  • Noninflammatory/inflammatory
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Drugs that exacerbate or induce acne

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  • Corticosteroids
  • Adre­nocorticotropic hormone
  • Testosterone
  • Gonadotropins
  • Contraceptives
  • Trimethadione
  • Iodides
  • Bromides
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Acne vulgaris occupational exposures/conditions favoring sebaceous gland occlusion

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  • Heavy clothing
  • Cosmetics
  • Tropical climates
  • Familial
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Acne vulgaris open comedones

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  • Small follicular papules
  • Contain a central black keratin plug
  • Color is the result of melanin pigment oxidation
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Acne vulgaris closed comedones

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  • Follicular papules without a visible central plug
  • Keratin plug trapped beneath the epidermal surface
  • Potential sources of follicular rupture and inflammation
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Acne vulgaris grade I

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  • Multiple open comedones
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Acne vulgaris grade II

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  • Closed comedones
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Acne vulgaris pathogenesis (incompletely understood/multifactorial) contributing factors

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  • Development of a keratin plug that blocks outflow of sebum
  • Hypertrophy of sebaceous glands during puberty
  • Lipids converted to proinflammatory fatty acids (probionibacterium acnes)
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Inflammatory acne vulgaris

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  • Erythematous papules, nodules, and pustules
  • Severe Variants
  • Acne conglobata
  • Result in sinus tract formation and dermal scarring
  • Deep inflammatory nodules may develop
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Inflammatory acne characteristics

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  • Open Comedones (large, patulous orifices)
  • Closed comedones (microscopic identification only)
  • Variable infiltrates of lymphocytes and macrophages around affected follicles
  • Extensive acute inflammation (occurs with follicular rupture)
  • Dermal abscesses may form in association with rupture
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Acne vulgaris grade III

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  • Papulopustules
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Acne vulgaris grade IV

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  • Multiple open comedones, closed comedones, and papulopustules
  • Plus cysts
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Rosacea

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  • Common disease of middle age and beyond
  • Affects up to 3% of the US population
  • Pre­dilection for females
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Rosacea four stages

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  • Flushing episodes (pre-rosacea)
  • Persistent erythema and telangiectasia
  • Pustules and papules
  • Rhinophyma
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Rhinophyma

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  • Permanent thickening of the nasal skin
  • Confluent erythematous papules
  • Prominent follicles
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Rosacea pathogenesis

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  • High cutaneous levels of cathelicidin (AMP)

- Cathelicidin peptides distinct from individuals without rosace

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Cathelicidin peptides in rosacea

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  • Expressed by PMNs and lymphocytes
  • Stimulates angiogenesis
  • Induces inflammation
  • Telangiectasia formation
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Rosacea morphology

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  • Nonspecific perifollicular lymphocytic infiltrate
  • Lymphocytes surrounded by dermal edema and telangiectasia
  • Pustular Phase
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Pustular phase of rosacea morphology

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  • Neutrophils may colonize the follicles
  • Follicular rupture may cause a granulomatous dermal response
  • Development of Rhinophyma
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Rhinophyma (rosacea pustular phase)

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  • Hypertrophy of sebaceous glands

- Follicular plugging by keratotic debris

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Panniculitis

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  • Inflammatory reaction in the subcutaneous adipose tissue
  • Preferentially affect
  • Lobules of fat
  • Connective tissue that separates fat into lobules
  • Involves the lower legs
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Panniculitis forms

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  • Erythema nodosum (most common)

- Erythema induratum (uncommon)

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Erythema induratum (uncommon)

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  • Affects adolescents and menopausal women
  • Cause is not known
  • Vasculitis of deep vessels supplying the fat lobules of the subQ
  • Vascular compromise leads to fat necrosis and inflammation
  • Presents as an erythe­matous, slightly tender nodule that usually ulcerates
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Erythema nodosum

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  • Poorly defined, tender, erythematous plaques and nodules

- Associated Infections

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Associated infections with erythema nodosum

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  • β-hemolytic streptococcal infection

- Tuberculosis

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Erythema nodosum (panniculitis) drug administration

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  • Sulfonamides

- Oral contraceptives

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Erythema nodosum (panniculitis) conditions

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  • Sarcoidosis
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Malignant neoplasms
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Erythema nodosum pathogenesis

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  • Remains mysterious
  • DTH reaction to microbial or drug related antigens
    Immune complexes have been implicated
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Erythema nodosum clinical presentation

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  • Fever and malaise may accompany the cutaneous signs
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Panniculitis early lesions morphology

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  • Connective tissue septae are widened by edema, fibrin exudation, and neutrophilic infiltration
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Panniculitis later lesions morphology

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  • Septal fibrosis

- Infiltration (lymphocytes, histiocytes, multinucleated giant cells, eosinophils)

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Classic presentation of erythema nodosum

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  • Nodular red swellings over the shins
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Erythema induratum

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  • Tender, erythematous nodules confined to the lower third of the legs
  • Panniculitis exhibiting lobular, granulomatous, and lymphohistiocytic inflammation
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Positive Mantoux test

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  • Reaction in a patient with erythema induratum
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Verrucae (warts)

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  • Squamoproliferative disorders caused by HPV

- Common lesions of children and adolescents

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Verrucae (warts) transmission

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  • Direct contact between individuals or autoinoculation
  • Self-limited
  • Regress spontaneously / 6 months to 2 years
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Verrucae (warts) clinical variants (associated with distinct HPV subtypes)

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  • HPV types 1-4
  • HPV types 6 and 11
  • HPV type 16
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Verrucae associated with HPV types 1 – 4

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  • Common warts on hands and feet
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Verrucae associated with HPV types 6 and 11

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  • Anogenital warts (Condyloma accuminatum)
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Verrucae associated with HPV type 16

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  • In situ squamous cell carcinoma of the genitalia

- Bowenoid papulosis

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Verruca vulgaris

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  • Most common
  • Occur frequently on hands (dorsal surfaces, periungual areas)
  • Appear as gray-white to tan
    Flat to convex (0.1- to 1-cm papules with a rough, pebble-like surface)
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Verruca plana

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  • Flat wart
  • Common on face
  • Dorsal surfaces of the hands
  • Slightly elevated
  • Flat, smooth, tan papules
  • Smaller than verruca vulgaris
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Verruca Plantaris and Verruca Palmaris

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  • Occur on the soles and palms
  • Rough, scaly lesions
  • 1 to 2 cm
  • Coalesce
  • Confused with calluses
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Condyloma Acuminatum (Venereal wart)

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  • Penis
  • Female genitalia
  • Urethra
  • Perianal areas
  • Rectum
  • Soft, tan, cauliflower-like masses
  • Can reach many centimeters in diameter
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Common histological features of verrucae

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  • Epidermal hyperplasia
  • Undulant in character, termed verrucous or papillomatous epidermal hyperplasia
  • Cytoplasmic vacuolization (Koilocytosis)
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Cytoplasmic vacuolization (Koilocytosis)

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  • Involving the more superficial epidermal layers

- Haloes of pallor surrounding infected nuclei

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Molluscum contagiosum

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  • Common
  • Self-limited viral disease
  • Cause / poxvirus
  • Infection is usually spread by direct contact
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Molluscum contagiosum multiple lesions

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  • Skin and mucous membranes

- Predilection for the trunk and anogenital areas

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Molluscum contagiosum lesion characteristics

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  • Firm, pruritic
  • Pink to skin-colored
  • Umbilicated papules
  • Range from 0.2 cm to 0.4 cm
  • Curd-like material expressed from central umbilication
  • Material contains diagnostic molluscum bodies
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Molluscum contagiosum microscopic examination

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  • Cuplike verrucous epidermal hyperplasia
  • Diagnostic structure is the molluscum body
  • H&E Stains
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Diagnostic structure is the molluscum body

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  • Large (up to 35 µm), ellipsoid, homogeneous, cytoplasmic inclusion
  • Cells of the stratum granulosum and the stratum corneum
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H&E stains

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  • Eosinophilic in the blue-purple stratum granulosum
  • Acquire a pale blue hue in the red stratum corneum
  • Numerous virions are present within molluscum bodies
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Impetigo

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  • Superficial bacterial infection of skin
  • Highly contagious
  • Causative agent – S. aureus
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Impetigo two forms

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  • Impetigo contagiosa
  • Impetigo bullosa
  • Differ by the size of the pustules
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Impetigo pathogenesis

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  • Innate immune response
  • Responsible for epidermal injury
  • Serous exudate and formation of a scale crust (scab)
  • Bacterial toxin that cleaves desmoglein 1
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Impetigo presentation

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  • Erythematous macule
  • Multiple small pustules
  • Shallow erosions
  • Covered with dry serum
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Impetigo characteristic appearance

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  • Honey-colored crust

- Bullous forms occur in children

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Impetigo microscopic featur

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  • Accumulation of neutrophils beneath the stratum corneum
  • Often producing a subcorneal pustule (containing serum protein, inflammatory cells)
  • Special stains reveal the presence of bacteria in these foci
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Superficial fungal infections basic characteristics

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  • Confined to the stratum corneum

- Caused by dermatophytes

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Tinea capitis (superficial fungal infection)

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  • Commonly seen in children
  • Rarely in infants and adults
  • Dermatophytosis of the scalp
  • Asymptomatic
  • Presents as hairless patches of skin
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Tinea capitis associated with

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  • Mild erythema
  • Crust formation
  • Scaling
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Tinea barbae

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  • Dermatophyte infection of the beard area
  • Affects adult men
  • Uncommon disorder
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Tinea corporis

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  • Superficial fungal infection of the body surface
  • Affects persons of all ages
  • Particularly children
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Tinea corporis predisposing factors

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  • Excessive heat
  • High humidity
  • Exposure to infected animals
  • Chronic dermatophytosis of the feet or nails
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Tinea corporis (Ringworm)

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  • Expanding, round, slightly erythematous plaque

- Elevated scaling border

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Tinea cruris (Jock Itch)

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  • Inguinal areas
  • Obese men
  • Athletes
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Tinea cruris (jock itch) predisposing factors

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  • Heat
  • Friction
  • Maceration
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Tinea cruris (jock itch) appearance

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  • Appears on the upper inner thighs

- Moist, red patches with raised scaly borders

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Tinea pedis (Athlete’s foot)

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  • Affects 30% to 40% of the population
  • Diffuse erythema and scaling
  • Initially localized to the web spaces
  • Inflammatory reaction (result of bacterial superinfection)
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Tinea pedis (Athlete’s foot) may involve finger and toenails

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  • Onchomycosis
  • Discoloration
  • Thickening
  • Deformed nail plate
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Tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) appearance

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  • Diffuse erythema and scaling
  • Initially localized to the web spaces
  • Inflammatory reaction
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Tinea versicolor

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  • Occurs on the upper trunk
  • Causative agent = Malassezia furfur (a yeast, not a dermatophyte)
  • Lesions = groups of macules of varied size and color
  • Fine peripheral scaling
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Tinea versicolor morpholoy

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  • Mild eczematous dermatitis
    Intraepidermal neutrophils
  • Periodic acid–Schiff stain (bright pink to red)
  • Found in the anucleate cornified layer
  • Scrapes use to identify offending species
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Lichen planus cutaneous lesions morphology

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  • Darkly pigmented individuals (melanin release into the dermis, basal cell layer destruction)
  • Lesions / multiple and symmetrically distributed
  • Extremities, wrists, elbows
  • Oral lesions (white, reticulated, or netlike)
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Porphyria

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  • Disturbances of porphyrin metabolism

- Porphyrins (Pigments): hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochromes

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Classification of porphyrias (based on both clinical and biochemical features)

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  • Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
  • Erythrohepatic protoporphyria
  • Acute intermittent porphyria
  • Porphyria cutanea tarda
  • Mixed porphyria
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Cutaneous manifestations of porphyria

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  • Urticaria and vesicles
  • Associated scarring
  • Condition exacerbated by sunlight exposure
  • Vesicles have subepidermal location
  • Pathogenesis not understood