Dermopathology - Dr. Martin Flashcards

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Freckle

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Pigmentation and melanocytes disorders (usually after sun exposure)
High melanin in basal keratinocytes (hyperpigmentation)
Changes with seasons

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Lentigo

What is it

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Benign usually in children / infancy and mucus membrane and skin
(Check oral)
5mm - 10mm oval tan-brown macule or patch (no darkening with sunlight)
Pigmentation and melanocytes disorders (hyperplasia, linear, restricted to right above BM)

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Melanocytic nevus (mole)

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Pigmentation and melanocytes disorders

P16/INK4a does not arrest

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Dysplasitic Nevi

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Risk for melanoma by age 60yo
AD
CDKN2A or CDK4 gene that get the NRAS and BRAF mutation

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Biopsy of a skin things like nevi

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Do the periphery of it since the middle are more dead cells

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Melanoma

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UV radiation damage 
High incidence 
(GI, GU, skin, eye, esophagus)
TX: immune checkpoint inhibitor 
Sporadic mostly (sunburns you’ve had)
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Melanoma risks

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Equator
Outdoor hobbies
Blistering sunburns
Lights skin and eyes

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Melanoma in blacks and Asians should be examined where to find sx

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Soles of feet
Palms
Nails
Mucous membranes

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HMB-45 +

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Staining into a LN

To see which one has the cell that started everything

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Seborrheic keratoses (Seb K)

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In scalp….

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Ducts in skin biopsy

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Shows it comes from a gland

= Cylendroma

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AK

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Sun damaged skin and hyperkeratosis
Sandpaper 
Squamous cell carcinoma 
Certain = pink color 
Elastosis= blue
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Dermatofibroma

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Legs, adults, women
Goes down when pressed (not squeezed) = Dimple sign
Injury and inflammation can casue this benign thing
No capsule and well circumsribed
Spindle shaped

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DFSP

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COL1A1 PDGFB
Very firm and dense
Honeycomb look
Looks like fish swimming in circles

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Ichthyosis

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Fish scales looking

Not very serious

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Testing for psoriasis

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Lift one of the silvery scales and it bleeds

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Seborrheic dermatitis

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Sebum production in sebaceous glands

Can be associated with HIBV and Parkinson’s

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Blistering Bullous Disease

Pemphigus vulgaris

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IgG

Oral cavity

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Exortiation

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Traumatic lesions breaking skin (deep scratch)

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Lichenification

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Thickened rough skin (from repeated rubbing)

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Macule

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Circumcised flat lesion 5mm or smaller

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Patch

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Flat and circumscribed that is bigger then 5mm

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Onycholysis

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Separation of nail bed from nail plate

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Papule

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Elevated dome shaped or flat topped lesion 5mm or smaller

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Nodule
Elevated dome shaped or flat topped lesion greater then 5mm | If flat -topped = plaque
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Pustule
Pus filed raised lesion
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Scale
Dry horny, platelike, usually from cornification not done right
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Vesicle
Fluid pilled raised lesion 5mm or smaller | Also called a blister
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Bulla
Raised fluid filled lesion grater then 5mm | Also called a blister
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Wheal
Itchy transient elevated lesion (skin colored or lighter in color), can be red demo dermal edema
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Acanthosis
Diffuse epidermal hyperplasia
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Dyskeratosis
Abnormal, premature keratinization in the stratum granulosum
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Erosion
Discontinuity of skin from incomplete loss of epidermis
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Exocytosis
Inflammatory cells going to epidermis
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Hydropic swelling
Ballooning (ICF edema or keratinocytes) usually in viral infections
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Hypergranulosis
Stratum granulosa hyperplasia | Usually from intense rubbing
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Hyperkeratosis
Stratum corneum thickening
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Lentiginous
Linear pattern of melanocyte proliferation in the BM
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Papillomatosis
Surface elevation caused by hyperplasia and enlargement of contiguous dermal papillae
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Parakeratosis
Keratinization of the nuclei of stratum corneum (usually seen in mucous membranes)
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Spongiosis
Incracellular edema of epidermis
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Ulceration
Discontinuity of the skin complete loss of epidermis revealing dermis and subcutis
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Vaculoization
Formation of vaculoes in cells or next to cells (usually in the BM basal side)
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neurofibromitosis
Freckles if not from a sun exposed area = neurofibromitosis cafe au lait spots Aggregated melanosomes in cytoplasm of melanocytes (macromelanosomes) **** see clump of macromelanosomes right above BM****
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Lentigo | Histology and what it looks like
Linear melanocytic hyperplasia = restricte to cell layer above BM and in linear way = Lentiginous (is a melanocytic tumor that can also look like this and grow like this), however in the BM layer
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Melanocytic nevus (mole)
Benign Mutation in RAS or BRAF = proliferation p16/INK4a growth inhibitor problems also = melanoma - Tan uniformed pigmentation, well defined boarders - larger cells on the top (more melanin = nests) and gets smaller farther down beeper in tissue = cords or single cells - deepest layer = Fusiform fascicles (looks like elongates cells or neural tissue
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Junctional nevi
At dermoepidermal junction
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Compound nevi
Into underlying dermis and epidermis
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Intradermal Nevi
Only in dermis and usually older lesions
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Dysplastic nevi
Risk of melanoma (50% by age 60yo) CDKN2A and CDK4 gene causes this * if NRAS + BRAF mutation it become melanoma
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Dysplastic nevi histology
Greater then 5mm, and many of them Variety of colors and irregular boarders Nests can combine - Lentiginous hyperplasia : linear growth along E-D junction - Atypia : Ig nuclei , angulated nuclear contour, hyperchromasia -Lymphocytic infilt : loosing melanin (melanin incontinence) - Linear fibrosis : around epidermal rete ridges (see lymphocytes + bridging) —> shoulders
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Shoulder region of nevi
Is the periphery of the mole (you don’t want to see the compound cells here, dermal nests) The center is the compound potion
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Melanoma is what and caused by what
UV radiation damaging DNA Skin, oropharynx, GiGU, esophagus, meninges, uvea of eye (Most is sporadic and not hereditary)
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Lesions that are precursors to melanoma
Congenital or dysplastic nevi
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Most common spots for melanoma
Upper back | Legs
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Driver mutations for melanoma
1. CDKN2A in 40% ——> p16, p15, ARF (mutation in these tumor suppressors) 2. Increase RAS and P13K/AKT (from BRAF mutation) 3. 70% sporadic is activating telomerase form the TERT****
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What is a marker found in a LN that makes it the sentenial LN and shows melanoma
HMB-45+ (not always in every type of melanoma)
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Radial growth phase
Macular areas (growing across skin) = irregular nested single cell growth melanoma cells (inflammation in dermis also) = cant metastasize
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Vertical growth phase
Raised areas = and nodular aggregates Of infiltrating cells = growing downwards so can metastasize = the deeper the invasion the more probability of metastasis
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Specific histology of melanoma cell
Large nuclei, irregular contours, chromatin on periphery of nuclei , red eosinophilic nuclei
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Breslow thickness
From the most superficial epidermal melanoma cell to the deepest intradermal tumor cell
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EX of radial growth 3 of them
1. Lentigo maligna : usually on face of elderly remaining radial for many years 2. Superficial spreading : sun exposed areas (most common becoming melanoma) 3. Acral / Mucosal Lentiginous : becomes melanoma not related to sun exposure
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Worst prognosis points for melanoma
``` Tumor depth deep Many mitosis cells Regression of immune system Ulceration of skin Tumor in flirting lymphocytes in dermis Many LN involved (even 1 melanoma cell in a LN makes that LN completely involved) ```
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Favorable prognosis of melanoma
``` Thinner tumor depth No regression of IS No ulcer Only some lymphocytes No mitosis ```
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Seborrheic Keratosis (Seb K)
Spontaneous on head neck extremities, trunk (middle age and older) = dark skinned = waxy papules, coin -like , round flat** = they are filled with keratin (not melanoma)** = pseudo-horny cysts** = Usually involved with FGFR-3 mutation (fibroblast GF)**
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Lester Trélat sign
Paraneoplastic syndrome | Having spontaneous many Seborrheic Keratosis and it is associated with GI tract carcinoma
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Seb K horny cyst are filled with
Keratin
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Acnathosis Nigricans
Benign (80%) and malignant = thickened hyperpigmentation + velvet like = on skin fold areas = obesity and diabetes, some AD inheritance = mutation in FGFR3 causes malignancy
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Acanthosis Nigricans that is malignant has what associations
Associated with GI adenocarcinoma And FGFR3 mutation (like in Seb k) DM2 causes hyperinsulinemia——> IFGR1 stimulation (insulin GF)
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Acanthosis Nigricans histology
Enlarged dermal papillae (repeating peaks and valleys) + hyperkeratosis (no melanocytes), can also see hyperpigmentation
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Fibroepithelial polyp
Skin tags = acrochordon (squamous papilloma) = head neck trunk, face, skin folds = obese, DM, intestinal polyps (Risks) = soft and flesh colored, slender stalk
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Fibroepithelial polyp histology
Fibrovascualr center with benign squamous epithelium covering it
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Birt-Hogg Dube syndrome
Rare polyps + perifollicular mesenchymal tumors (fibroblasts + hair bulb) = associated with Fibroepithelial polyps
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Epithelial or Follicular Inclusion Cyst (wen)
Invaginatino and cystic expansion of epidermis or hair follicle = can rupture and care KERATIN inside to spill into dermis —> extensive painful granulomatous inflammatory response
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Wen or Epithelial / Follicular inclusion cyst are filled with what
Keratin from hair follicle or epithelium
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2 Adrenal Appendage tumors
1. Cobden syndrome 2. Cylidroma 3. Eccrine Poroma
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Annexation appendage tumors are what
Hundreds of neoplasticism differentiating to appendages Benign Flesh colored and many papules and nodules Can be confused with basal cell carcinoma
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Cowden syndrome
Many trichilemmomas=neoplastic cells differentiations forming benign tumor of the outer root sheath of sebaceous follicles X PTEN = risk for endometrial cancer and breast cancer = will get hemartomas
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Cyindroma
Ductal differention of eccrine or apocrine ducts = forehead and scalp = turban tumor, jigsaw puzzle = looks like this and on histology slide = CYLD tumor suppressor gene mutation (can also associate with Familial TRichoepithelioma and Brooke-Spiegler
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Eccrine poroma
Palms and soles of feet have 3X more sweat glands
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Histology of sebaceous adenoma
Many bubbles inside of the cells in the duct
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Nevoid basal cell carcinoma
9q22, PTCH mutation | Many BCC and medulloblastoma, and jaw cysts
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Familial melanoma syndrome
9q21 CDKN2 mutation ——I cell cycle arrest = melanoma, pancreatic carcinoma Increase p53 also melanoma and pancreatic carcinoma
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Muir- torre syndrome
``` 2q22 3q21 MSH2, MLH1 mutations = neoplasm in sebaceous glands from NO DNA repair = colon and internal malignancies ```
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Xerderma pigmentosum
9q22 XPA mutation = NER repair mutation = melanoma and other skin cancers = die young
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Actinic Keratosis
Sun damaged skin/ arsenic / ionizing radiation =hyperkeratosis in these areas = face, arm, dorsum of hands = usually light skinned = rough sandpaper like and has ( Cutaneous horns, Dyskeratosis) = becomes SCC over time *
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Cutaneous horns
Excessive keratin production causing this horn to grow outwards form skin
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Dyskeratosis
Pinkcytoplasm intracellular bridges, blue-gray elastosis (from sun damaged fibroblasts) Parakeratosis (basal cel dysplasia of keratin growth)
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Actinic cheilitis
Actinic keratosis of the lips
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Intracellular bridges is found in what
SCC and actinic keratosis (not BCC)
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Top 2 common tumors from sun exposure in older people
BCC | SCC
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SCC
5% or less Metz in regional LN, if Metz then deeply invasive in subQ = proportional to lifetime sun exposure (UV light)
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SCC risk factors after sun exposure
1. Immunosuppressive ( HPV 5 + 8), chemo, transplant 2. Epidermoysplasia verruciformis : from HPV, high risk 3. Industrial carcinogens, chronic ulcers, tobacco, betel nut chewing
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SCC mutations involved
1. TP53 (acquired in AK leading to SCC) = no DNA repair in G1 phase 2. RAS and NOTCH signaling mutations
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Xeroderma pigmentosum mutation
XPA gene, NO NER, no Pyrimidine diners are repaired and high risk of SCC
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SCC looks like what if it is in situ (local)
Sharply defined, red, scaling plaques (large and hyperchromatic), involving all levels of dermis
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Invasive SCC looks like what
Nodular keratin lesions (hyperkeratosic =) can ulcerated | Dyskeratosis = Intracellular bridges
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BCC
Slow growing and no Metz, sunexposure and immunosuppressive and XP can all give rise to this
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BCC mutation
X SHH from PTCH gene mutation
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BCC what do you see
1. Nevoid Basal cell carcinoma syndrome (basalis cell nests) 2. Gorlin syndrome 3. Basla cell nevus : many BCC less then 20yo + medulloblastoma, ovarian fibromas, pits arms soles 4. Pearly papules with visible telangiectasis vessels, rodent ulcers = peripheral palisade glands (lined up linearly and parallel(
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Rodent ulcers
Basically eat off the face of the person and grows huge
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SHH role in PTCH and BCC
Unregulated SHH binds to PTCH so it CANT ——I SMO activity SMO = activated TFs (Mutation in BCC causes the PTCH to be constantly bound to and SMO is active all the time = Gorlin syndrome and sporadic bcc There can also be loss of function PTCH and it cant block SMO (UV damage not fixed)
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Dermatofibroma (Benign Fibrous Histocytoma)
= BENIGN Adults, legs (middle age women) = + dimple sign (press around the lesion towards it and it depressed down the skin (dos not squeeze down)**** = trauma, injury, inflammation response = firm tan papules (flattens with time)
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Dermatofibroma histology (what do I see in the slide)
Spindle shaped cells, non-encapsulated mass in dermis Epithelium above it is hyperplasia elongated rete ridges that are hyperpigmented = Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia = collagen + fibroblasts
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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP) Mutation causing this What is it
Primary fibrosarcoma (hardening of soft tissue) Slow aggressive localized, COL1A1 + PDGFB (plt-derived factor B) mutation = tumor cell growth = protuberant nodules usual in trunk, firm (can form plaque or ulcer)
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Dermatofibrosacroma Protuberans TX
PDGF-B receptor Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor (lifetime)
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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP) looks like what and histology
Close packed fibroblasts radially arranged, (storefront pattern like fish swimming in circles of spindle cells, and some Swiss cheese fats cells) = Honeycomb patterns on dermis and subQ fat Epidermis above is thin
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Mycosis Fungoides (Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma)
CD4+ localized lymphoma that later in life becomes systematic Scaly red brown patch
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Mycosis Fungoides stages
Patch —> plaque —> nodule | Eczema lesions in very early stage
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Mycosis Fungoides can be confused with what
Psoriasis (raised scaling plaques that are seen)
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Sezary syndrome
Erythroderma, scaling of entire body Cerebriform cells Band-like aggregates in dermis Pautrier microabscesses : small cell clusters in epidermis
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Sezary syndrome and MF TX how
UV light therapy, topical steroids, or chemo if needed
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Mastocytosis
Urticaria Pigmentosa Common in children Mast cells fills up in lesions round oval red/brown papules or small plaques Can for blister = if popped can cause histamine release and cell degranulation = you can write of skin
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Mastocytosis Darier sign Dermatographism
Darier sign : dermal edema look like wheals when skin is rubbed Dermatographism : dermal edema hives looking, when stroking ski with pinpointed instrument
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Mastocytosis mutation | SX
KIT receptor tyrosine kinase = mast cell growth and survival SX : pruritus and flushing from foods, temps, alcohol, rhinorrhea, bone pain = can be associated with osteoporosis from excessive histamine release in BM
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Stain how mastocytosis
Giemsa purple granulated in mast cell cytoplasm
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Ichthyosis
X epidermal maturation, chronic keratin buildup = fish like scales on skin = X desquamation of skin (stratum corneum buildup)
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Acute inflammatory lesions (Dermatosis) usually you see which cells
Lymphocytes and macrophages
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Urticaria | What is it and SX
1. Localized mast cell degranulation (from microvascular hyperpermeabulity) Ab mediated release of histamines form Mast cells (IgE) 2. Wheals 3. Angioedema : dermis and subQ fat edema
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Urticaria usually happens from what
Body parts exposed to pressure | Ab-mediated release from mast cells (hives)= IgE dependent
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Urticaria macro lesions
Small, pruretic papules to large edematous plaques
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Urticaria (hives) macro lesions
Sparse superficial infiltrate of mononucleosis cells + N
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What drug can cause urticaria
Aspirin form cause vasodilation
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Histology of urticaria
Space between the collagen bundles
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Acute Eczematous Dermatitis | External type and tx
External Ag or ingested food (some irritant like Urishiol in Poison IVY) Corticosteroids
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T-cell mediated inflammatory reaction eczema
Type 4 hypersensitivity SX: red papulovesicular oozing and crusted (impetigo) lesions = can cause acanthosis hyperkeratosis
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Acute eczemstous dermatitis causes edema where
Edema in the instracellular space of other stratum spinosum
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Erythema Multiforme | Happens when
Self- limited hypersensitivity to infections and drugs (Herpes, histoplasmosis/mycoplasma, typhoid, leprosy) (PCN, sulfa….) (SLE)
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Erythema Multiforme is what
CD8+ injure keratinocytes (center of lesion) | CD 4 + M are in the periphery of lesion
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What happens in Erythema Multiforme
Many diverse types of lesions Macule, papule, vesicle , bullae 1. Interface dermatitis : dermal edema, degenerative keratinocytes, 2. Steven-Johnson’s : children, oral, conjunctiva, genitals, skin lesions that can lead to sepsis if infected 3. Toxic epidermal necrolysis : necrosis and sloughing of cutaneous and oral epithelium (looks like extensive burns)
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Erythema Multiforme looks like what
Target lesions with dark spot in middle followed by light then dark raised then halo around
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Psoriasis what is it and tx
Autoimmune which brings CD8 and CD 4 cells in to local site on skin inducing cytokines soup (Can be caused by trauma) TNF and IL17 inhibitors
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Psoriasis SX
Pink salmon plaque Loose silver scale on top of skin Nail changes with holes (pitting), yellow-brown discoloring Oncolsis Auspitz sign + Munro microabscesses : aggregation of PMNs
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Koebner phenomenal
When trauma induces psoriasis or Lichen Planus
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Auspitz sign
Lifting the scale on top of skin and it causes bleeding
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Psoriasis looks like what in histology
Elongated rete ridges test tube racks Mitosis above Basal layer, high parakeratotic scale 9think layer of keratin)
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Seborrheic dermatitis
In places with high sebaceous glands (Ear, scalp, nasolabial folds) Inflammation of epidermis (has nothing to do with sebaceous glands) Sebaceous glands therefore make a lot of SEBUM from androgen stimulation = lesions of flaky skin
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Seborrheic dermatitis can be found highly in what patient population
Parkinson’s since they make mire sebum from dopamine deficiency TX : levodopa to lower oil HIV patients also
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Seborrheic dermatitis on histology and how it looks
Follicular lipping, N | Red-yellow greasy base with scaling and crusting skin, looks like Dandruff
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Lichen Planus | SX
``` 6Ps 1. Prurstic 2. Purple 3. Polygonal 4. Planar 5. Papules 6. Plaques Resolved spontaneous in 1-2 years (skin and mucosa) ```
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After Lichen planus goes away what is left
Hyperpigmentation in that area
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Lichen Planus what do you see histology and how it looks
1. Itchy violet flat-topped papules (Wickham striae = papules with white net like on top leaving dark dots in middle) = lace like pattern****, may look dark brown on darker people 2. Symmetrical lesions 3. Oral white net-like lesions 4. Sawtoothing :zigzag dermoepithelial interphase (pointed retes) 5. Colloid / CIVATTE BODIES : anucleated necrotic basal cells in papillary dermis
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Pemphigus | What is it
IgG Abs disrupting adhesion of epithelium = blister IgG net like deposits Acantholysis
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Acantholysis
Dissolution on intracellular bridges connecting skin cells
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Pemphigus Vulgaris what and histology
Most common = mucosa and skin of face, scalp, axilla, groin, pressure points = easily rupturing vesicles (crust and dried serum forms) = above basal layer (suprabasilar blister) acantholytic blister IgG——> Dsg1 and Dsg3 Histology : row tombstones
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Pemphigus Vegetans (foliaceus -> miler one)
Large moist verrucous (wart-like), vegetating plaques with pustules (groin, axilla, flexural surface) = stratum granulosum level (subcorneal blisters), more superficial and not as erosive as vulgaris IgG——> Dsg1 only
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Bullous pemphigold Ig and what
IgG ——> BGAG2 BM blister, subepidermal, doesn’t rupture easily Elderly inner thighs + FLEXORS forearm, groin, axilla Don’t rupture easily
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Dermatitis herpetiformis Ig and what
IgA to fibrils causing blisters Urticaria of grouped vesicles = microabscesses bilateral + EXTENSOR forearm elbows, knees, upper back, butt
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Dermatitis herpetiformis associated with what
Celiac disease | From IgA to gluten also attaching to reticulin = subepithelial blister
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Epidermolysis Bullosa :
subepidermal Blisters at sites of rubbing, pressure, trauma(at or right after birth) = no inflammation (flexural creases)
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Porphyria
Inborn metabolic disturbance of porphyrins (pigments in Hgb, myoglobin cytochromes) You get subepithelial blisters from sunlight = no inflammation = Rigid dermal papillae, abnormal superficial BVs = Ig and glassy serum protein deposits in BVs
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Rosacea | SX and who
``` Middle aged and older Females usually = Slap cheek redness (flushing) = persistent redness and telangiectasia = pustules + papules = Rhinophyma ```
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Rhinophyma
Thickening of the nasal skin
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Rosacea is associated with what
Cathelicidin (anti-microbial peptide) high amounts | = something cause in the micro bacterial effects causes this
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Erythema nodosum
HX of sarcodosis , pannicultis , painful nodule deep lesions
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Acne vulgaris | What is it, who, and 2 types
Universal in teens and all races except Asians milder Induced by testosterone, corticosteroids, androgens, contraceptives, heavy clot IgM tropical climate 1. Open comedomes : central is black(oxidized melanin) keratin plug 2. Closed comedomes : keratin plug is beneath epidermis (can cause follicular rupture/ inflammation
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What causes acne vulgaris to happen in puberty
1. Hypertrophy of sebaceous glands 2. Propionibacterium acne’s colonize the hair follicle causing inflammation 3. Androgens involved
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Acne conglobate
Severe variant of acne vulgaris and you have sinus tract formation and dermal scarring
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Panniculitis is what and found in what
Inflammmation in Sub Q fat, usually in lower legs 1. Erythema nodosum 2. Erythema induratum
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Erythema nodosum is what and what happens
CT septae separate from edema and fibrin/N exudate | Later the Lymphocytes and histocytes come
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Erythema nodosum SX
Very tender red plaque and nodules, ropy when palpated or seen = over weeks it becomes flat and bruise like
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Reason erythema nodosum happens
Delayed hypersensitivity to microbiota or drug (**** B-hemolytic strep, TB, histoplasmosis, leprosy, coccidiomycosis) (Sulfa, contraceptives) Or a disease (sarcoidosis, IBD)
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Erythema Induratum | Who and what happens
Adolescents + menopause women’s | Primary vasculitis of deep vessels to fat ——> fat necrosis and inflammation
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Erythema induratum SX
Slightly tender nodule however usually ulcerated Necrotizing vasculitis in deep dermis and subQ Granulomatous inflammation (as seen in TB) = caseous necrosis
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Weber-Christian disease
Relapsing Febrile nodular panniculitis, red plaques and nodules on Lower extremities mostly + foamy M, L, N, giant cells
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Factitial panniculitis
Secondary panniculitis from sled-inflicted trauma or injection on something
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What can look like panniculitis
T- cell lymphoma (causing fat necrosis and superimposed inflammation)
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What can be associated with panniculitis
SLE (also causing inflammation of sub Q)
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Verrucae is also a
Wart
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Verrucea is what | Who
Squamous cell proliferation form HPV Direct contact Regress spontaneous is 6mo-2yrs
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Verrucae anogenital is caused by
Anogenital : HPV 6 and 11
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Verrucae HPV 16 does what
In situ SCC of genitals and Bowenoid papulosis (regresses usually)
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Verrucae HPV 5 and 8
Related to SCC and especially epidermodysplasia verruciformis (many flat warts that some progress to SCC)
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How does HPV cause warts
Interferes with NOTCH signaling = no maturation on keratinocytes = epidermal hyperplasia
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How does HPV cause cancer
When it produces E6 proteins that block p53 = no G1 arrest
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Verruca plana`
Warts on dorsal side of hands or face, smaller then verruca vulgaris
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Verruca planteris | Verruca Palmeris
Soles of feet and palms of hands
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Condylomata acuminatum (venereal wart)
Penis, GU areas, soft tan, cauliflower like can get big
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Verruca vulgaris
Epidermal hyperplasia , keratohyaline granules, koilocytosis (vacuole in cytoplasm)
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Molluscum contagiosum | Is what and looks like what inhistology
Pox infection causing Trunk and GU firm, pruritic, umbilicated papules= dimple down in center of papule Molluscum bodies in stratum granulosum and stratum corneum in BS (cytoplasmic inclusion, ellipsoid)
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Pox virus looks like what
Brick shaped, dumbbell shaped DNA inside
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Stain for Tinea corporis (dermophyte fungus)
Periodic acid-Schaffer stain (PAS) = red hyphae in stratum cornuem
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Impetigo
Superficial bacteria infection of STAPH AUREUS on skin , very contagious, = honey colored crust should be cleaned immediately (red macule forming and breaking)
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the toxin in staph aureus does what
toxin cleaves desmoglein 1 which injures the epithelium
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Tinea versicolor
Upper trunk fungal infection Malassezia furfur (yeast) , not dermophyte Many macule of different sizes and colors with fine peripheral scale