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Skin Pathology I Flashcards

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What is Vitiligo?

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Chronic depigmenting condition from destruction of epidermal melanocytes

Autoimmune

Associated with pernicious anemia and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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How does Vitilgo present?

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Asymptomatic white patches that appear in acral areas and orifices (but can present anywhere)

Acquired during childhood or early adulthood

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What is a freckle?

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Flat, brown macules

Results from basal layer hyperpigmentation

Darken with sun exposure

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What is lentigo?

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Small pigmented macules that appear in older patients as a result of skin exposure

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What are benign melanocytic nevi?

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Small, uniformly pigmented macules

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What is a junctional melanocytic nevus?

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Melanocytic nests at the dermal-epidermal junction

None reside in the dermis

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What is a compound melanocytic nevus?

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Junctional and dermal nests of nevus cells

Results in more raised and dome shaped nevus than junctional

With increasing dermal depth, nevus cells become smaller - sign of benign lesion

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What is a dermal melanocytic nevus?

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All nests reside in the dermis

Causes a raised papule with little to no pigment

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What is a Spitz nevus?

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Deep red color, common in children

Unique histologic features

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What are Kamino bodies?

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Eosinophilic collection of basement membrane material

Associated with Spitz Nevus

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What is a dysplastic melanocytic nevus?

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Commonly larger, oval and multiple with irregular pigment borders

Irregular proliferation of melanocyti nests along junction with melanocyte atypia

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What is dysplastic nevus syndrome?

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Patients display multiple dysplastic nevus

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High-risk for development of malignant melanoma

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What is melanoma?

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Malignancy of melanocytes

Develops de novo or from a pre-existing nevus

Number one cause of skin cancer deaths worldwide

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What are the radial and vertical growth phases of melanoma?

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Radial - horizontal spread within the epidermis and papillary dermis

Vertical - tumor cells invade downward into deeper dermal layers

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What is superficial spreading melanoma?

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Most common

Typically on sun-exposed skin

Lesions may be multiple shades of red

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What is lentigo maligna?

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Melanoma subtype that typically prevents on the face of older patients

Slow-growing, long radial growth phase

Predominantly junctional growth of atypical melanocytes

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What is acral lentiginous melanoma?

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Least common, but most common inf african and asian descent

Melanoma occurs on palms, soles, and beneath nail plate

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What is nodular melanoma?

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Highly atypical melanomas that occur in the dermis, no radial growth phase - only vertical

Darkly pigmented nodules

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What is the breslow thickness?

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Tumor thickness measurement from the skin surface

Most closely correlates with survival statistics

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What are the excision guidelines for tumors?

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In situ - 0.5 cm margin

Tumor < 1 mm, 1 ccm margin

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What is seborrheic keratosis?

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Most common benign tumor in oder individuals

Light brown, flat macules

Tumor of keratinocytes

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What is the sign of Leser-Trelat?

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Multiple eruptive seborrheic keratoses

Associated with internal malignancy

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What is acanthosis nigricans?

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Hyperpigmentation and thickening of the skin folds

May signal an underlying disorder like endocrine (DM)

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What is an epidermal inclusion cyst?

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Aka sebaceous cyst

Derived from hair follicles

Granulomatous inflammation when ruptured

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What is actinic keratosis?

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Earlies identifiable lesion that can develop into squamous cell carcinoma

Erythematous scaly papules on sun-exposed skin

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What are the histologic features of actinic keratosis?

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Parakeratosis in stratum corneum

Hyperplasia and cytoligic atypia of lower third

27
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What is the most common nonmelanoma skin cancer?

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Basal cell carcinoma

Followed by squamous cell carcinoma

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What is Bowens disease?

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Squamous cell carcinoma in situ

Confined to the epidermis and do not break the basement membrane

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What is erythroplasia of Queyrat?

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Bowens disease specifically of the glans penis

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How does Bowens disease present?

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Scaly pink plaque or a thin keratotic papule on the sun-exposed skin

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How does invasive squamous cell carcinoma present?

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Raised, firm, pink-to-flesh colored keratotic papule or plaque

Penetrate the dermis

Metastasizes to regional lymph nodes <5%

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What is a keratoacanthoma?

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Variant of squamous cell carcinoma

Erythematous nodule with central keratin filled crater (volcani)

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What is basal cell carcinoma?

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Most common cutaneous malignancy

Pearly papule with telangiectasia

Can cause local destruction and disfigurement if neglected or inadequately treated

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What is nodular basal cell carcinoma?

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Most common type

Waxy papules with central depression, pearly appearance with telangiectasia

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What are the histological features of BCC?

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Nestsof basaloid cell swhich palisade at the border of the nest

Nests in fibromyxoid stroma

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What is Gorlin-Goltz syndrome?

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Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

Autosomal dominant - mutation in PTCH gene

Abnromal facies, multiple BCCs, skeletal abnormalities

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What is a dermatofibroma?

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Benign lesion that most often occurs on the lower legs

Benign dermal proliferation of fibroblasts

Displays the “dimple-sign” in whicch it depresses when squeezed (as opposed to a mole)

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What is Icthyosis?

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Disorders of epidermal maturation

Most cases are congenital

Acquired - Icthyosis vulgaris

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What is ichthyosis vulgaris associated?

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Lymphoid and visceral malignancies

Paraneoplastic syndrome

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