Rosai Chapter 3 - Tumors and Tumorlike Conditions of the Skin Flashcards
Most frequent pattern of Seborrheic Keratosis
Acanthotic pattern
Other names of Acrochordon (4):
- Fibroepithelial papilloma
- Fibroepithelial polyp
- Fibroma molle
- Skin tag
Clue to the diagnosis of Acrochordon
Absence of adnexal structures in the underlying dermis
Actinic keratosis vs. Bowen disease
-Atypical squamous cells are found in the LOWER portions of the epidermis including the basal layer
Actinic keratosis
Actinic keratosis vs. Bowen disease
-Atypical squamous cells are found in ALL portions of the epidermis but with preservation of the basal cells, which are arranged in palisades
Bowen disease
Large majority of squamous cell (epidermoid) carcinomas of the skin
Actinically induced
Incidence of SqCCA of the skin is directly related to (2)
- amount of Sun exposure to the sun
- lack of Pigmentation of the skin
Positive IHCs of SqCCA of the Skin (6)
- HMWK
- Involucrin
- EMA
- CEA
- p63
- Vimentin
Negative IHCs of SqCCA of the skin (if used to differentiate with BCCA)
- Ber-EP4
- CD10
*both positive in BCCA
Positive IHC of SqCCA of the Skin, but mostly in poorly-differentiated type
-Vimentin
Most important distinguishing features of Spindle SqCCA (3)
- Continuity of tumor cells with the basal layer of the epidermis
- Foci of clear-cut squamous change
- Positive HMWK
Most common location of Verrucous carcinoma of the skin
Sole of the foot
Best prognostic factors of SqCCA of the skin (3)
- Staging
- level of Dermal invasion
- Vertical tumor thickness
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia vs. SqCCA
Main distinguishing features:
-Width of the Strands - Thin
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia vs. SqCCA
Main distinguishing features:
-Degree of Keratinocytic Atypia - Lesser
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia vs. SqCCA
Main distinguishing features:
-Width of the Strands - Broad
SqCCA
Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia vs. SqCCA
Main distinguishing features:
-Degree of Keratinocytic Atypia - Greater
SqCCA
Most frequent form of skin cancer that occurs predominantly on sun-exposed skin
Basal cell carcinoma
other name of Gorlin syndrome
Basal cell nevus syndrome
Components of Gorlin syndrome (6)
- multiple BCCA
- Palmar pits
- Calcification of dura
- Keratocysts of the jaws
- Skeletal abnormalities
- occasional abnormalities of CNS, Mesentery, and Endocrine organs
Positive IHCs of BCCA (5)
- LMWK
- CD10
- Ber-EP4
- Androgen receptors
- BCL2
Negative IHCs of BCCA (4)
- EMA
- CEA
- Involucrin
- CK20
BCCA vs. SqCCA
Positive for Ber-EP4
BCCA
BCCA vs. SqCCA
Negative for Ber-EP4
SqCCA
BCCA vs. Actinic keratosis and SqCCA
BCL2 - positive
BCCA
BCCA vs. Actinic keratosis and SqCCA
BCL2 - Negative
Actinic keratosis and SqCCA
BCCA vs. Merkel cell CA and Trichoepitheliomas
CK20 - negative
BCCA
BCCA vs. Merkel cell CA and Trichoepitheliomas
CK20 - positive
Merkel cell CA and Trichoepitheliomas
Key pathogenic event in BCCA
Dysregulation of the hedgehog pathway
Most common location of BCCA with high local recurrence (3)
- Nasolabial fold
- Inner canthus
- Postauricular region
Metastases in BCCA are more likely (3)
- Basosquamous types
- Perineurial spread
- located on sunlight-protected skin
Better predictor of local recurrence in BCCA than presence or absence of tumor at the surgical margins
Evaluation of the pattern of tumor growth
widely dispersed vs. tightly clustered nests
Main DDX of Eccrine poroma (2)
- BCCA
- Seborrheic keratosis
other name of Purely intraepidermal eccrine poroma
Hydroacanthoma simplex
other name of Purely intradermal eccrine poroma
Dermal duct tumor
other name of Hidradenoma
Eccrine acrospiroma
Mixed Tumor (Chondroid Syringoma)
IHCs for the Inner Cell layer (3)
- CK
- CEA
- EMA
Mixed Tumor (Chondroid Syringoma)
IHCs for the Outer Cell layer (6)
- Vimentin
- S100
- Actin
- Calponin
- p63
- GFAP
Vulvar vs. Perianal
Paget disease
-GCDFP-15 - Positive
Vulvar Paget disease
Vulvar vs. Perianal
Paget disease
-Hormone receptors - Positive
Vulvar Paget disease
AR > ER/PR
Vulvar vs. Perianal
Paget disease
-CK20 - Positive
Perianal Paget disease
Most common nodular lesion of the sebaceous glands
due to Hyperplasia
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-Keratin & CK
Positive
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-EMA
Positive
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-Leu-in1 (CD15)
Positive
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-AR
Positive
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-Adipophilin
Positive
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-CEA
Negative
Positive vs. Negative
IHC of Sebaceous carcinoma
-S100
Negative
Preferred location of inverted follicular keratosis
face of elderly patients particularly the eyelid
Most distinctive feature of inverted follicular keratosis
presence of squamous eddies
Main DDX of Trichoepithelioma
BCCA
Most helpful features of Trichoepithelioma (3)
- Frond-like arrangement of the basaloid cells
- presence of Epithelial tracts comprising two or more layers of basaloid cells
- formation of Papillary mesenchymal bodies
Main DDX of Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma
Morphea-like form of BCCA
Trichoepithelioma vs. BCCA
CK20 - Positive
Trichoepithelioma
Trichoepithelioma vs. BCCA
BCL2 - positive at periphery
Trichoepithelioma
Trichoepithelioma vs. BCCA
Stromelysin-3 (matrix metalloproteinase) - negative
Trichoepithelioma
Trichoepithelioma vs. BCCA
CK20 - negative
BCCA
Trichoepithelioma vs. BCCA
BCL2 - diffusely positive
BCCA
Trichoepithelioma vs. BCCA
Stromelysin-3 (matrix metalloproteinase) - positive
BCCA
other name of Cowden Disease
Multiple Hamartoma syndrome
Cowden disease (5)
- Multiple Trichilemommas
- Acral Keratoses
- Sclerotic fibromas of skin
- Papillomas of the oral mucosa
- Occasionally, tumors of Breast, Thyroid, and GIT
Characteristics of Trichilemmal-type keratinization with atypical features (3)
- Brisk mitotic activity
- invasion of reticular dermis
- ulceration
Most important microscopic feature of keratoacanthoma
Architecture of the lesion as seen on cross section on LPO:
- Overhanging edges
- Keratin-filled crater
- Hemispheric shape that is buttressed by a normal-appearing epidermis
Keratoacanthomas with Numerous eruptive lesions
Grzybowki type
Keratoacanthomas with multiple ulcerating tumors with atypical distribution
Ferguson-Smith type
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-more common (90%)
Epidermal/Epidermoid type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-lined by Cornified epithelium
Epidermal/Epidermoid type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-has distinct granular layer
Epidermal/Epidermoid type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-contains lamellated keratin without calcification
Epidermal/Epidermoid type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-preferentially on the Scalp
Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-Trichilemmal type Keratinization
Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-Keratin is not lamellated
Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-Some nuclei retained
Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
Epidermal/Epidermoid type vs. Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
-Focal calcification
Pilar/Trichilemmal type Keratinous cyst
Type of Keratinization:
-sudden keratinization without formation of granular layer and an uneven interphase between the keratinized and nonkeratinized cells
Trichilemmal type keratinization
former name of Pilomatrixoma
Calcified Epithelioma of Malherbe
Key feature of Pilomatrixoma
Basaloid cells undergo abrupt keratinization, leading to the formation of “ghost” and “shadow” cells
Key features of Malignant Pilomatrixoma/Pilomatrixoma carcinoma (2)
- Cytologic atypia
- infiltration
Ratio of melanocytes to keratinocytes in the epidermal basal layer depending on the site of the body
-1:4 to 1:10
The functional unit /epidermal-melanin unit
melanocyte + adjacent keratinocytes receiving melanin
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Fontana-Masson silver stain (special stain)
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Tyrosinase
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-DOPA reaction
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-S100
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-NSE
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Mart-1/Melan A (A103)
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Microphthalmia Transcription Factor (MiTF)
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-SOX10
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-PAX3
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Vimentin
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Neurofilaments
Negative
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-GFAP
Negative
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-HMB-45
Negative
Positive or Negative
IHC for Normal Melanocytes
-Keratin
Negative
IHC Negative in Normal Melanocytes but Positive in Activated type melanocytes
HMB-45
IHC Negative in Normal Melanocytes but Positive in Neoplastic type melanocytes
Keratin
Hallmark of the melanocyte
Melanin-synthesizing organelle (melanosome)
Most common location of clusters of benign nevus cells in the capsule of lymph nodes
Axillary region
Multiple Lentigines can be seen in what syndromes? (6)
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- Centrofacial lentiginosis
- Moynahan syndrome
- LEOPARD syndrome
- Carney syndrome
- Xeroderma pigmentosum
Blue nevus are sometime misdiagnosed as
Benign fibrous histiocytoma
Positive or Negative
IHCs for Blue nevus
-Melanin stains
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHCs for Blue nevus
-S100
Positive
Positive or Negative
IHCs for Blue nevus
-HMB-45
Positive
Most common locations of Cellular Blue Nevus (2)
- Buttocks
- Sacrococcygeal area
Characteristics Absent in Cellular Blue Nevus which makes it different microscopically from malignant melanoma (4)
- Junctional activity
- Epidermal invasion
- Peripheral inflammation
- Necrosis
Characteristics Present in Cellular Blue Nevus which makes it different microscopically from malignant melanoma (6)
- Pushing margins
- Biphasic pattern
- Fasciculation
- Neuroid structures
- inconspicuousness of nuclei
- relative lack of atypia and mitotic figures
Most typical presentation of Spitz nevus
-raised pink or red nodule in the skin of the face that clinically resembles a hemangioma
Features that favor a diagnosis of Spitz nevus over one of malignant melanoma (9)
- Symmetric shape
- Sharp lateral demarcation
- maturation in depth
- arrangement of the spindle cells perpendicularly to the skin surface
- presence of tadpole and multinucleated giant cells
- lack of upward epidermal spread of single melanocytes
- presence of telangiectasia, edema, and fibrosis
- presence of eosinophilic hyaline bodies along the dermoepidermal junction thought to be made of basement membrane material (Kamino bodies)
- lack of ulceration
Spitz nevus vs. Malignant melanoma
Cytoplasm - homogeneous acidophilic ground-glass appearance
Spitz Nevus
Spitz nevus vs. Malignant melanoma
Cytoplasm - more irregular in configuration and staining reaction
Malignant melanoma
Spitz nevus vs. Malignant melanoma
-Consumption of Epidermis
Malignant melanoma
Congenital nevus differs from the more common acquired variety because (4):
- generally Large size
- tendency to involve the reticular dermis and subcutaneous tissue
- single cell permeation of dermal collagen bundles
- involvement of skin adnexa, arrector pili muscles, nerves, and vessels
Characteristics of Giant Congenital Nevus (3):
- Extensive size
- Surface area - 144 cm2 or larger
- nevus > 20 cm in diameter in adult or > or = to 20% BSA
Giant cell nevus with Meningeal/cerebral melanosis
Neurocutaneous melanosis or melanocytosis
Giant cell nevus with numerous satellite nevi
Melanophakomatosis
Characteristics of Dysplastic nevus (4)
- clinically Atypical
- large size (>5 mm)
- irregular outline
- variegated appearance
Subungual region cutaneous melanomas
Melanotic whitlow
Most common form of Melanoma
Superficial spreading melanoma
other names of Superficial spreading melanoma (2)
- Premalignant melanosis
- Pagetoid melanoma
Telltale color of early superficially spreading melanoma
shade of Blue admixed with tan, brown, or dark brown