Rosai Chapter 2 - Dermatoses Flashcards

1
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HYPERKERATOSIS vs. PARAKERATOSIS

Stratum corneum is Thickened

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HYPERKERATOSIS

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HYPERKERATOSIS vs. PARAKERATOSIS

More prominent granular layer

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HYPERKERATOSIS

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HYPERKERATOSIS vs. PARAKERATOSIS

Cells of stratum corneum retain their nucleus

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PARAKERATOSIS

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HYPERKERATOSIS vs. PARAKERATOSIS

Diminished or absent granular layer

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PARAKERATOSIS

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5
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Pilar Unit (4)

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“SHEA”

  1. Sebaceous gland
  2. Hair follicle
  3. Erector pili muscle
  4. Apocrine gland (in certain regions)
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Four IHCs positive in both Eccrine and Apocrine glands

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  • CEA
  • EMA
  • Keratin
  • S100
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Four enzymatic IHCs positive in both Eccrine and Apocrine glands

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  • Carbonic anhydrase
  • Ferritin
  • Secretory Ig
  • SPI
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8
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IHC positive only in Apocrine gland

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-GCDFP-15

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9
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Key feature of Stasis Dermatitis

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-presence of lobular proliferation of relatively thick-walled blood vessels in the papillary dermis

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10
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Most common form of Psoriasis

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Psoriasis vulgaris

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11
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Most important prognostic determinator of Graft-vs-Host Disease

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-Amount of inflammation

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12
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Lerner Grading System of Acute GVHD

-Basal vacuolization with a superficial perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate without dyskeratotic keratinocytes

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Grade I

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13
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Lerner Grading System of Acute GVHD

-Features of Grade I with dyskeratotic keratinocytes and satellite necrosis

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Grade II

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14
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Lerner Grading System of Acute GVHD

-Most cases

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Grade II

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15
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Lerner Grading System of Acute GVHD

-Cleft formation between the epidermis and dermis

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Grade III

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16
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Lerner Grading System of Acute GVHD

-Complete loss of the epidermis

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Grade IV

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17
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Most common cutaneous lesion of acute/systemic lupus erythematosus

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Erythematous bimalar “butterfly” blush

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18
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Most common type of adverse medication reaction

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Morbilliform drug eruptions

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19
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Most common clinical form of pigmented purpuric dermatosis

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Schamberg disease

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20
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Other name of Malignant Atrophic Papulosis

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Degos disease

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21
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Main chain microscopically of Malignant Atrophic Papulosis

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ischemic wedge-shaped infarct of the skin

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22
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Three histochemical stains used to stain Mast cells

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  • Toluidine blue
  • Giemsa
  • Leder cytochemical stains
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23
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Three IHC stains for Mast cells

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  • Tryptase
  • Calretinin
  • CD117 (c-Kit)
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24
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Most common individuals with Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis

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Middle-aged Women

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25
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other name of Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis

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Sweet syndrome

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26
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Most common presentation of B-cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia

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in head and neck as solitary erythematous to violaceous plaques or nodules in adults

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27
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Main differential diagnosis of B-cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia (2)

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  • cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma

- cutaneous follicle center lymphoma

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28
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Key component histologically of Granuloma Annulare

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necrobiotic or palisading granuloma

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29
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of “Histiocytes” in Granuloma Annulare:

-Vimentin

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Positive

30
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of “Histiocytes” in Granuloma Annulare:

-Lysozyme

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Positive

31
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of “Histiocytes” in Granuloma Annulare:

-HAM-56

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Negative

32
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of “Histiocytes” in Granuloma Annulare:

-KP-1 (CD68)

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Negative

33
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Most common form of Scleroderma in childhood

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-Morphea

34
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Dominant microscopic change in scleroderma

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increase in the amount of collagen

35
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EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS vs. SCLERODERMA

-Marked inflammation

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Eosinophilic fasciitis

36
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EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS vs. SCLERODERMA

-thickening of the deep fascia

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Eosinophilic fasciitis

37
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EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS vs. SCLERODERMA

-with or without eosinophils

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Eosinophilic fasciitis

38
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EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS vs. SCLERODERMA

-minimal or no abnormalities

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Scleroderma

39
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Two prototypical panniculitis

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  • Erythema Nodosum

- Nodular vasculitis

40
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Prototypical Septal Panniculitis

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Erythema Nodosum

41
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Prototypical Lobular Panniculitis

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Nodular Vasculitis

42
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Most common form of primary panniculitis (70-80%)

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-Erythema nodosum

43
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Characteristic lesion seen in early stages of Erythema nodosum

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Miescher radial granuloma

44
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Defined as cluster of small histiocytes radially arranged around a central cleft

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Miescher radial granuloma

45
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Key morphologic features in the microscopic evaluation of vesiculobullous lesions (2)

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  • level of the plane of separation

- type of cellular change seen, particularly presence or absence of acantholysis

46
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Most common form of Bullous pemphigoid

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generalized cutaneous pemphigoid

47
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Most consistent histologic feature of bullous pemphigoid

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-subepidermal blister above the basement membrane that contains numerous inflammatory cells including frequent eosinophils in the blister cavity

48
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EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA vs. PEMPHIGOID

Immune deposits of salt-split skin preparations examined with direct immunofluorescence

-in the floor of the blister

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EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA

49
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EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA vs. PEMPHIGOID

Immune deposits of salt-split skin preparations examined with direct immunofluorescence

-roof of the blister

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PEMPHIGOID

50
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Most useful criterion histologically for the diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis

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presence of papillary microabscesses forming a multilocular subepidermal bulla

51
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Most important clue to the diagnosis of transient acantholytic dermatosis

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association of Acantholysis and Spongiosis

52
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other name of Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis

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Grover disease

53
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Viral lesions of skin most commonly seen histologically as (2)

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  • Warts

- Condylomas

54
Q

Characteristics of viral nuclear inclusions (3):

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  • Basophilic
  • Feulgen positive
  • DNAse resistant
55
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Patients with these diseases are particularly prone to develop herpes zoster infection (2)

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  • Leukemia

- Malignant lymphoma

56
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Most important pathogens of hidradenitis suppurativa

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Anaerobic organisms

57
Q

Organisms most commonly implicated in atypical mycobacteriosis (3):

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  • Mycobacterium kansasii
  • M. marinum
  • M. ulcerans
58
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Type of Leprosy:

-Lepra or Virchow cells, filled with acid fast bacilli, are plentiful

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-Lepromatous and Dimorphic leprosy

59
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Type of Leprosy:

-bacilli are very scanty

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-Tuberculoid and Indeterminate leprosy

60
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PRIMARY vs. SECONDARY Syphilis

-Spirochetes are mixed epitheliotropic and vasculotropic pattern

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Primary Syphilis

61
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PRIMARY vs. SECONDARY Syphilis

-Spirochetes almost confined to lower levels of the epidermis in an intercellular distribution

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Secondary Syphilis

62
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Pathognomonic of Lyme disease

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Erythema chronicum migrans

63
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Predominant microscopic finding in early stages of Lyme disease

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-superficial and deep perivascular infiltrate largely composed of lymphocytes but also containing plasma cells and/or eosinophils

64
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Also called when bacterial folliculitis and perifolliculitis are superimposed on tinea in the Scalp

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Kerion celsi

65
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Also called when bacterial folliculitis and perifolliculitis are superimposed on tinea in Beard

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Sycosis barbae

66
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Most common organism involved in Majocchi granuloma

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Trichophyton rubrum

67
Q

other name of Majocchi granuloma

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Nodular Granulomatous Perifolliculitis

68
Q

Clue to the diagnosis of foreign-body reaction due to aluminum

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finding of histiocytes with a violaceous granular cytoplasm

69
Q

Carney complex (4):

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“CASE”

  • Cardiac myxomas
  • superficial Angiomyxomas (cutaneous myxomas)
  • Spotty hyperpigmentation
  • Endocrine hyperactivity
70
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Two major forms of Acanthosis nigricans

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  1. Associated with internal malignant neoplasms (particularly GIT)
  2. Heterogeneous group of disorders having a common denominator, the presence of tissue resistance to insulin