General Flashcards
Due to defect in melanocytes dis?
1) vitiligo
2) piebaldism
3) lentigens due to inc melanocytes
Due to defect in melanosomes dis?
1) tanning
2) nevus acromicus
Due to defect in melanogenesis dis?
1) melasma
2) freckles
3) albinism
Skin lesion in peutz jeughers?
Perioral lentigens
xeroderma pogmentosum, due to defect in?
DNA repair mechanism where nucleotide excision repair defect
Skin lesion in xeroderma pigmentosum?
1) Freckles
2) squamous cell ca
Ceruloderma due to defect in?
Defective migration of melanocytes to stratum Basale
Melanocytes derives from?
Neural crest cells
Merkel cells location?
In rete ridges in stratum basale
Langerhan cells present in
Stratum spinosum
Granules in langerhan cells
Birbeck granules - racquet shapes granules
Langerhan cells immunohistochemistry?
Positive for CD1a, CD207 (langerin), S100
Langerhan cells dec in
1) psoriasis
2) sarcoidosis
Langerhan cells inc in
Langerhan cell histiocytosis (LHC) or histiocytosis X
Types of LHC
1) eosinophilic granuloma
2) hand schuller Christian dis
3) Literer siwe dis
4) hashimoto pritzker dis
Lesions in eosinophilic granuloma?
Osteolytic lesions on temporoparietal skull
Triad in hand schuller Christian dis?
1) multiple bone defects
2) di
3) exophthalmos/ proptosis
Literer siwe dis clinical features?
1) Seborrhic dermatitis over
- scalp
- t zone
- nasolabial folds
- retroauricular area
- presternal area
- interscapular area
2) bone inv
3) hepatosplenomegaly
4) lymphadenopathy
LHC Age wise dis ?
Eosinophilic granuloma- <8y
Hand schuller Christian dis - <5y
Literer siwe dis- <2y
Hashimoto pritzker dis - since birth
Derivatives of cells of epidermis?
1) keratinocytes- ectoderm
2) melanocytes - neural crest cells
3) merkel cells - ectoderm>neural crest cell
4) langerhan cells - bone marrow