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Parakeratosis

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Persistence of nuclei in the keratin layer, due to excessive differentiation of keratinocytes and high speed of turnover

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Hyperkeratosis

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Increased thickness of keratin layer

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Acanthosis

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Increased thickness of epithelium

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Papillomatosis

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Irregular epithelial thickening

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Spongiosis

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Oedema fluid between squamous appears to increase prominence of intercellular prickles

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What are the 4 main classifications of inflammatory skin disease?

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  1. Spongiotic (intraepidermal oedema)
  2. Psorisiform (elongation of rete ridges)
  3. Lichenoid (basal layer damage)
  4. Vesiculobullous (blistering)
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Koebner Phenomenon

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Refers to skin lesions appearing on lines of trauma

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What are the histological characteristics of Psoriasis?

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Elongation, clubbing and fusion of the rate ridges, parakeratosis and superficial blood vessels

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What is the most common lichenoid disorder?

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Lichen planus - Itchy flat topped violaceous papules

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What are histological features of lichen planus?

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Irregular sawtooth acanthosis, pigment incontinence (pigments have dropped into the dermis due to damage to basal layer)

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Which antibodies are involved in pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid?

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IgG

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Which antibodies are involved in dermatitis herpetiformis?

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IgA

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Pemphigus

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Rare autoimmune bulls disease, of which there are 4 types - the most common being pemphigus vulgaris

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What is common to all variants of pemphigus?

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Acantholysis - lysis of intercellular adhesion sites (cells all separate)

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In pemphigus vulgaris, what do the autoantibodies act against?

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Desmoglein 3 (maintains desmosomal attachments)

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In bullous pemphigoid, what do the autoantibodies act against?

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Antigen of the hemidesmosomes anchoring basal cells to basement membrane.

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What is a hallmark of immunofluorescence in BP?

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Linear arrangement of IgG fluorescence along basement membrane

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What is the hallmark of dermatitis herpetiformitis?

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Papillary dermal micro abscesses, particularly on the buttocks - look like ‘scratch lesions’

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In dermatitis herpetiformitis, what do the autoantibodies act against?

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Gliadin component of gluten but cross react with connective tissue matrix proteins

20
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Sites of which glands is acne associated with?

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Sebaceous glands - therefore face, upper back and anterior chest are affected

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What are the 4 main factors in the aetiology of acne?

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  1. Increased sebum production and thickness in response to androgens
  2. Blockage of sebum foreign comedones
  3. Builds up and ruptures causing inflammation
  4. Bacterial infections
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Which gene determines the balance go pigment in skin and hair?

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Melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R)

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What does Eumelanin and Phaeomelanin cause in terms of hair colour?

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Eumelanin causes all hair colours except red, phaeomelanin causes red hair

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What does MC1R do in terms of eumelanain and phaeomelanin, and what does defective copies do?

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MC1R turns phaeomelanin into eumelanin. One defective copy causes freckles, 2 defective copies causes red hair and freckles

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What are ephilides?

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Freckles - Patchy increase in melanin pigmentation over a few rete ridges in the skin (reflects clumpy distribution of melanocytes)

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What are actinic lentigines?

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Age/Liver spots - due to localised proliferation of melanocytes in areas of chronic sun exposure. They don’t fade in winter, unlike freckles.

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What are the 2 types of naevi?

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Acquired (most common) or congenital

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What is the basis of acquired naevi?

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During infancy the melanocytes:keratinocyte ratio breaks down at a number of cutaneous sites, allowing smoke naevi to form

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What is the developmental pathway for acquired naevi?

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  • In childhood, junctional naevus forms, where clusters of melanocytes develop at DEJ.
  • Then in adolescence, compound naevus forms, with clusters at the epidermal junction and dermis.
  • Finally in adulthood, the intradermal naevus forms where the cluster is fully dermal
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What are dysplastic naevi?

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‘Funny-Looking moles’ - may appear malignant, as they are variegated pigment, >6mm diameter, asymmetrical

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What are the 2 main types of dysplastic naevi?

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Sporadic (not inherited, common in freckly red-heads) and Familial (inherited condition with high risk of melanoma and have hundreds of dysplastic naevi)

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What is this?

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Halo Naevi (peripheral halo of depigmentation )

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What is this guy?

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Blue naevi (entirely dermal, and consist of pigment rich dendritic spindle cells)

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What are spitz naevi?

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Naevi that usually occur <20y, consiting of spindle/epitheliod cells. May mimic melanoma.

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Do most melanomas start ‘denovo’ or from dysplastic naevi?

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De novo

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What are the 4 main types of malignant melanoma?

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  1. Superficial spreading (commonest)
  2. Acral/mucosal lentiginos
  3. Lentigo maligna
  4. Nodular
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Radio-growth phase (RGP)

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SSM, A/MLM and LMM all grow as macule outwards when either entirely in-situ or with dermal micro invasion

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Vertical growth phase (VGP)

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Eventually the melanoma cells invade the dermis forming an expansile mass with mitoses - only this phase can metastasise

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Which melanomas shows no radio-growth phase, only vertical growth phase?

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Nodular

40
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Breslow’s Depth

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Deepest tumour from granular layer mm

41
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What are the classifications of tumour types in terms of depth?

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42
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What would a suffix of a ‘b’ mean in tumour type?

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It would indicate ulceration

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What clearance should be given in excision of different types of lesions?

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  • If in-situ then clear by circa 5mm
  • If invasive but 1mm thick tjem 2cm clearance
  • Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) if >1mm thick or thinner with mitoses
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What is the key difference between freckles and naevi/lentigines?

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Freckles are increase in melanin, while naevi/lentigines are an increase in the number of melanocytes

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What are seborrheic keratoses?

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Benign skin tumour that originates from keratinocytes. Appear as brown/black greasy lesions with a ‘stuck on’ appearance

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What is a dermatofibroma?

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A dermatofibroma is a common benign fibrous nodule that most often arises on the skin of the lower legs.

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