Difference between revisions of "Dermatologic neoplasms"

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* † The words used are "hair-bearing lip" - but there is considerable confusion about this as the AJCC manual contradicts itself.<ref name=pmid21151529>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Buethe | first1 = D. | last2 = Warner | first2 = C. | last3 = Miedler | first3 = J. | last4 = Cockerell | first4 = CJ. | title = Focus Issue on Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Practical Concerns Regarding the 7th Edition AJCC Staging Guidelines. | journal = J Skin Cancer | volume = 2011 | issue =  | pages = 156391 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1155/2011/156391 | PMID = 21151529 | PMC = 2990020 | URL = http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jsc/2011/156391/ }}</ref>
* † The words used are "hair-bearing lip" - but there is considerable confusion about this as the AJCC manual contradicts itself.<ref name=pmid21151529>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Buethe | first1 = D. | last2 = Warner | first2 = C. | last3 = Miedler | first3 = J. | last4 = Cockerell | first4 = CJ. | title = Focus Issue on Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Practical Concerns Regarding the 7th Edition AJCC Staging Guidelines. | journal = J Skin Cancer | volume = 2011 | issue =  | pages = 156391 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1155/2011/156391 | PMID = 21151529 | PMC = 2990020 | URL = http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jsc/2011/156391/ }}</ref>
DDx:
*[[Inverted follicular keratosis]].
*[[Bowen disease]].
*[[Malignant melanoma]].
*[[Paget disease of the breast]].
*[[Eccrine carcinoma]]


====Bowen disease====
====Bowen disease====
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*Classic appearance of melanoma:  
*Classic appearance of melanoma:  
**Loosely cohesive; mix of small nests of cells, single cells.
**Loosely cohesive; mix of small nests of cells, single cells.
**Mixed of spindle and ovoid cell morphology.
**Usu. mixed of spindle and ovoid cell morphology.
**+/-Occasional large binucleated cells.
**+/-Occasional large binucleated cells.
**Cytoplasm: brown pigment (melanin).
**+/-Cytoplasm: brown pigment (melanin).
**Prominent (large) red nucleoli (like in ''serous carcinoma'' of the ovary).
**+/-Prominent (large) red nucleoli (like in ''serous carcinoma'' of the ovary).
**Marked nuclear pleomorphism - variation in cell size, shape & staining (like in ''serous carcinoma'' of the ovary).
**Often marked nuclear pleomorphism - variation in cell size, shape & staining (like in ''serous carcinoma'' of the ovary).
**[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] (like in ''papillary thyroid carcinoma'').
**[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] (like in ''papillary thyroid carcinoma'').


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*[[Lymphoma]].
*[[Lymphoma]].
**[[Burkitt lymphoma]].
**[[Burkitt lymphoma]].
*Metastatic small cell carcinoma.
*Metastatic [[small cell carcinoma]].
*Other [[small round cell tumours]].
*Other [[small round cell tumours]].


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Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm521>{{Ref Derm|521}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm521>{{Ref Derm|521}}</ref>
*S100 -ve (done to r/o melanoma).
*S100 -ve (done to r/o melanoma).
*34betaE12 -ve, p63 -ve (done to exclude SCC).
*34betaE12 -ve.
*p63 -ve (done to exclude SCC)  
**Scant staining not considered +ve.
*Desmin -ve (done to r/o leiomyosarcoma).
*Desmin -ve (done to r/o leiomyosarcoma).


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