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DERMATOPATHOLOGY > PERIVASCULAR AND DIFFUSE DERMATITIS, NON-INFECTIOUS FOLLICULITIS AND PERIFOLLICULITIS > Flashcards

PERIVASCULAR AND DIFFUSE DERMATITIS, NON-INFECTIOUS FOLLICULITIS AND PERIFOLLICULITIS Flashcards

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URTICARIA

  • Sparse perivascular & interstitial infiltrate (LYMPHOCYTES, NEUTROPHILS,EOSINOPHILS)
  • +/- Dermal edema
  • Almost normal looking skin biopsy
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PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS

  • Perivascular infiltrate composed of lymphocytes
  • Extravasated erythrocytes
  • Siderophages

Variable mild epidermal changes: Spongiosis, Lymphocyte exocytosis

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What stain can be requested to highlight siderophages? What condition can this be seen?

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Perl’s Stain
Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis

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POLYMORPHOUS LIGHT ERUPTION

  • Superficial and Deep
  • Lymphocyte predominant
  • Marked papillary edema
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ARTHROPOD BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY

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ERYTHEMA ANNULARE CENTRIFUGUM

  • Perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate
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POST-INFLAMMATORY PIGMENT ALTERATION

  • Normal looking epidermis
  • Mild Perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate
  • Numerous Melanophages present in the superficial dermis
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VITILIGO

  • Absence of melanocytes in the dermo-epidermal junction
  • Normal looking epidermis
  • Mild Perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate
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Normal melanocyte to keratinocyte ratio

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1:4-1:10

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Stains to highlight melanocyte

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S100, SOX HMB-45, MART-1, Melan-A, MITF

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Stains to highlight melanin

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Fontana-Masson, Silver nitrate

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TUMID LUPUS

  • Normal looking epidermis
  • Dense lymphohistiocytic infiltrate surrounding adnexa
  • Superficial and Deep Perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate
  • Mucin highlighled by Alcian Blue
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Marked papillary edema
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SWEET’S SYNDROME

No fibrinoid degeneration or necrosis

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Diffuse neutrophilic infiltrates, extensive suppuration
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PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM

  • Fibrinoid deposition of blood vessels and Endothelial swelling
  • Follicular or perifollicular inflammation with micro-abscess formation
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MASTOCYTOSIS – URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA

  • Loosely scattered or grouped mast cells in dermis
  • Basal hyperpigmentation
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MASTOCYTOSIS - MASTOCYTOMA

  • Nodular to diffuse infiltrate of mast cells in upper dermis
  • Stain: CD117, c-kit, leder stain, giemsa, toluidine blue, tryptase
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Stains for mastocytoma

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Stain: CD117, c-kit, leder stain, giemsa, toluidine blue, tryptase

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Terminal ANAGEN with glycogenated ORS & keratinized IRS

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CATAGEN follicles are notable by their eosinophilic “glassy” membrane & lack of a hair shaft

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TELOGEN follicle shows thick wrinkling bright eosinophilic keratin of IRS in the center

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ACNE VULGARIS

  • Suppurative folliculitis and Perifollicular infiltrates
  • Comedo - plug of corneocytes within a widened infundibulum
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ROSACEA - Erythemo-telangiectatic type

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ROSACEA - Erythemo-telangiectatic type

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Rosacea - Granulomatous type

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Scarring or non-scarring?

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Scarring Alopecia

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what are the features of scarring alopecia

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  • Loss of Sebaceous Glands
  • Presence of destructive inflammation or fibrosis around the follicles
  • Presence of compound follicles
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scarring or non-scarring?

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NON-SCARRING ALOPECIA

  • Preserved Sebaceous Glands
  • Absence of destructive inflammation or fibrosis around the follicles
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ALOPECIA AREATA

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TRICHOTILLOMANIA

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Identify.
What condition is this seen?

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Hamburger sign: vertically oriented split in the hair shaft containing proteinaceous material and erythrocytes

TRICHOTILLOMANIA

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What condition is this seen?

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TRICHOTILLOMANIA

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ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA

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LICHEN PLANOPILARIS

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