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'''Non-malignant skin disease''' is relatively common.  The pathology may or may not be specific.  Some diseases require clinical information to diagnose.
'''Non-malignant skin disease''' is relatively common.  The pathology may or may not be specific.  Some diseases require clinical information to diagnose.  


An introduction to dermatopathology is in the ''[[dermatopathology]]'' article.  [[Nevi]] (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article ''[[melanocytic lesions]]''.
An introduction to dermatopathology is in the ''[[dermatopathology]]'' article.  [[Nevi]] (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article ''[[melanocytic lesions]]''.  Inflammatory skin conditions are dealt with in ''[[inflammatory skin disorders]]''.


=Other=
==Lichen simplex chronicus==
{{Main|Lichen simplex chronicus}}


=Inflammatory conditions=
==Prurigo nodularis==
==Classification==
*Abbreviated ''PN''.
*Bullous.
*[[AKA]] ''chronic prurigo'' and ''picker nodule''.<ref name=Ref_Derm26>{{Ref Derm|26}}</ref>
*Interface.
===General===
*Nodular & diffuse.
*Can be thought of as a localized/focal version of [[lichen simplex chronicus]] (LSC).
*Spongiotic.
*Vasculitis.
*Perivascular.
*Panniculitis.
*Psoriasiform.


'''Tabular comparison of inflammatory skin disease (adapted from ''Brister''<ref name=pmid18418089>{{cite journal |author=Brinster NK |title=Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part I) |journal=Adv Anat Pathol |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=76–96 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18418089 |doi=10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181664e8d |url=}}</ref>):'''
===Gross===
{| class="wikitable"
*Dome-shaped/raised - papular (<1 cm) ''or'' nodular (>1 cm).<ref>URL: [http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/education/derm/text.html http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/education/derm/text.html]. Accessed on: 23 August 2012.</ref>
| '''Pattern''' || '''Key histologic feature''' || '''Subclassifications''' || '''Example'''
|-
| [[Bullous disease|Bullous]] || "Empty space" || -Subcorneal<br>-Suprabasillar<br>-Subepidermal || -Pemphigus foliaceus<br>-[[Pemphigus vulgaris]]<br>-[[Dermatitis herpetiformis]]
|-
| Interface || Inflammation at DE junction || -Vacuolar (minimal)<br>-Lichenoid (band-like) || -[[Erythema multiforme]]<br>-[[Lichen simplex chronicus]] (LSC)
|-
| Nodular & diffuse || Nodular & diffuse || ? ||
|-
| Spongiotic || Edema between keratinocytes || -Acute<br>-Subacute<br>-Chronic || -Poison Ivy<br>-Nummular dermatitis<br>-Atopic dermatitis
|-
| Vasculitis || Inflammation of vessel wall || ? || ?
|-
| Perivascular || Inflammation around vessels || ? || ?
|-
| Panniculitis || Inflamm. of SC tissue || -Septal<br>-Nodular || -?<br>-[[Erythema nodosum]]
|-
| Psoriasiform || Epidermal thickening<br>and long rete ridges || -Regular<br>-Irregular || -Psoriasis<br>-?
|}
Notes:
*''DE junction'' = dermal-epidermal junction.
*The "empty space" in bullous disease ''in situ'' is filled with fluid.


===Psoriasis===
===Microscopic===
====General====
*See ''[[lichen simplex chronicus]]''.
*Can be subclassified.


DDx:
DDx:
*Psoriasis vulgaris (most common).
*[[Lichen simplex chronicus]] - a more diffuse process, not a raised lesion.
*Psoriatic arthritis.
*Drug-induced.
*Others.


====Microscopic====
===Sign out===
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1191}}</ref>
<pre>
*Epidermal thickened - as very long rete ridges (described as "test tube-morphology") - '''key feature'''.
SKIN LESION, LEFT CHIN, BIOPSY:
**Epidermis between rete ridges thin.
- PRURIGO NODULARIS.
</pre>


==Seborrheic dermatitis==
====Micro====
The sections show a raised lesion with compact hyperkeratosis and irregular acanthosis.  Spongiosis is seen focally.  There is minimal hypergranulosis.
 
There is no thinning of the suprapapillary plate and no dilated superficial blood vessels.  There is no interface activity.
 
=Very common=
==Dermatomycosis==
:''Dermatophytosis'' redirects here.
===General===
===General===
*Very common.
*[[microorganisms|Fungal infection]] of skin.
 
Note:
*''Dermatophytosis'' (ring worm) is a type of dermatomycosis.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1191}}</ref>
Features:
*Spongiosis (epidermal edema).
*Microorganisms - '''key feature'''.
*Acanthosis (epidermal thickening).
**Often hyphae (candida) - like twigs of a tree... branching.
*"Follicular lipping" = parakeratosis with neutrophils.
***May be very fragmented in section ~ size of a neutrophil.
*Perivascular neutrophils and lymphocytes.
*Perivascular inflammation, esp. neutrophils.
*[[Exocytosis]] - blood cell infiltrate the epidermis.


==Lichen planus==
====Images====
===General===
<gallery>
*An oral pathology.
Image:Dermatomycosis_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Dermatomycosis - intermed. mag. (WC)
*May be seen where the sun don't shine - penis,<ref name=pmid20082512>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Teichman | first1 = JM. | last2 = Sea | first2 = J. | last3 = Thompson | first3 = IM. | last4 = Elston | first4 = DM. | title = Noninfectious penile lesions. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 81 | issue = 2 | pages = 167-74 | month = Jan | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20082512 }}</ref> vulva and vagina.<ref name=pmid20062629>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gupta | first1 = R. | last2 = Bansal | first2 = B. | last3 = Singh | first3 = S. | last4 = Yadav | first4 = I. | last5 = Gupta | first5 = K. | last6 = Kudesia | first6 = M. | title = Lichen planus of uterine cervix - the first report of a novel site of occurrence: a case report. | journal = Cases J | volume = 2 | issue =  | pages = 9306 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9306 | PMID = 20062629 }}</ref>
Image:Dermatomycosis_-_high_mag.jpg | Dermatomycosis - high mag. (WC)
Image:Dermatomycosis_-_gms_-_low_mag.jpg | Dermatomycosis - GMS stain - low mag. (WC)
Image:Dermatomycosis_-_gms_-_high_mag.jpg | Dermatomycosis - GMS stain - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/img/Dermatology%20Glossary/Glossary%20Histo%20Images/tinea_pas.jpg Dermatophytosis (ucsf.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/tinea.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/tinea.html]. Accessed on: 25 February 2013.</ref>
 
===Stains===
*[[GMS stain]].
*[[PAS-D stain]].
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
SKIN, BIOPSY:
- SKIN WITH SUPERFICIAL FUNGAL ORGANISMS CONSISTENT WITH CANDIDA.
- REACTIVE CHANGES OF THE EPITHELIUM.
</pre>


Etiology:
====Micro====
*Autoimmune disease, T-cell–mediated.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview]. Accessed on: 11 September 2010.</ref>
The sections show skin with a neutrophilic infiltrate in the superficial epidermis. PAS-D staining demonstrates fungal organisms with a morphology suggestive of candida.


Clinical:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1191>{{Ref PBoD8|1191}}</ref>
The epithelium has parakeratosis, acanthosis and spongiosis.  No mitotic activity is appreciated.  The keratinocytes are moderately enlarged and have evident nucleoli.
*6 Ps: pruritic (itchy), purple, polygonal, planar papules and plaques.


===Microscopy===
==Cicatrix==
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1078327-overview]. Accessed on: 11 September 2010.</ref><ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1192>{{Ref PBoD8|1192}}</ref>
{{Main|Dermal scar}}
*Loss of basal cells (stratum basale) -- '''key feature'''.
*Loss of rete ridges/formation of pointed rete ridges "sawtoothing".
*Interface dermatitis (lymphocytes at dermal-epidermal junction).
*Hypergranulosis; stratum granulosum thickened (grossly seen as "Wickham stria" = white lines).
*Hyperkeratosis; stratum corneum thickened.


Notes:
==Fibroepithelial polyp==
*Hyperkeratosis and hypergranulosis are not seen in [[erythema multiforme]].
{{Main|Fibroepithelial polyp}}


Images:
==Actinic keratosis==
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_intermed_mag.jpg Lichen planus - intermed. mag. (WC)]
{{Main|Actinic keratosis}}
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lichen_planus_low_mag.jpg Lichen planus - low mag. (WC)].


==Lichen sclerosus==  
==Actinic cheilitis==
{{Main|Lichen sclerosus}}
===General===
*[[Actinic keratosis]] of the lip.<ref name=pmid3305604>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Picascia | first1 = DD. | last2 = Robinson | first2 = JK. | title = Actinic cheilitis: a review of the etiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment. | journal = J Am Acad Dermatol | volume = 17 | issue = 2 Pt 1 | pages = 255-64 | month = Aug | year = 1987 | doi =  | PMID = 3305604 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1065-6>{{Ref PBoD|1065-6}}</ref>
:See ''[[actinic keratosis]]''.
*Subepithelial fibrosis - '''key feature'''.


=Other=
===Sign out===
==Squamous cell hyperplasia==
<pre>
*[[AKA]] ''lichen simplex chronicus''.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1011>{{Ref PBoD8|1011}}</ref>
LESION, LOWER LIP, BIOPSY:
- ACTINIC CHEILITIS.
- SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
</pre>
 
====Micro====
The sections show skin with moderate basal nuclear hyperchromasia and atypia, and parakeratosis. The squamous epithelium has maturation to the surface. There is no inflammation at the dermal-epidermal interface. Solar elastosis is present.
 
==Seborrheic keratosis==
{{Main|Seborrheic keratosis}}
 
==Pilomatricoma==
{{Main|Pilomatricoma}}
 
==Dermatofibroma==
{{Main|Dermatofibroma}}


==Ezcema==
===General===
===General===
*Variant of ''spongiotic dermatitis''.<ref name=Ref_DCHH296>{{Ref DCHH|296}}</ref>
*A nebulous thingy.
*Very common.


Etiology:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1123423-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1123423-overview]. Accessed on: 20 August 2010.</ref>
DDx:
*Pruritus (itchness) -> mechanical trauma -> lichenification (thickened/leathery<ref>URL: [http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10131 http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10131]. Accessed on: 20 August 2010.</ref>.
*Contact allergy.
*[[Drug reaction]].
*Food allergy.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1065-6>{{Ref PBoD|1065-6}}</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1188}}</ref>
*Acanthosis (epithelial thickening).
*Spongiosis (epidermal edema); keratinocytes spacing increased - '''key feature'''.
*Hyperkeratosis.
*+/-Interdermal vesicles.
Other features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1123423-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1123423-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 20 August 2010.</ref>
*+/-Eosinophils (may suggest Rx reaction).
*Spongiosis (epidermal intercellular edema -- cells appear to have a clear halo around 'em).
*Perivascular lymphocytes.
*Parakeratosis = retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum.
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lichen_simplex_chronicus_-_low_mag.jpg LSC - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lichen_simplex_chronicus_-_high_mag.jpg LSC - high mag. (WC)].


=Very common=
==Acne vulgaris==
==Seborrheic keratosis==
*Abbreviated ''SK''.
===General===
===General===
*Benign.
*Extremely common - esp. among adolescents.
*Most common tumour in older people.<ref name=emed_sk2>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview#a0199 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview#a0199]. Accessed on: 26 August 2011.</ref>
*Very rarely seen by pathologists.


Epidemiology:
Treatments:
*Old people.
*Antibiotic (minocycline).
*Usu. in sun exposed area.<ref name=emed_sk1>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059477-overview]. Accessed on: 26 August 2011.</ref>
*Isotretinoin [[AKA]] all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).


===Gross===
===Gross===
*"Stuck-on" appearance - raised lesion.
*Papules, pustules, nodules or cysts.
**White, black or erythematous.


Image(s):  
Images:
*[http://www.dermatlas.org/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=91774460 SK - gross image (dermatlas.org)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackheads.JPG Blackheads (WC)].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:<ref>{{Ref Derm|76}}</ref>
*Epidermis extra thick - raised above skin surface - hyper.
*Folliculitis:<ref name=Ref_Derm77>{{Ref Derm|77}}</ref>
*Intraepidermal collections of keratin - "Horn cysts".
**[[Neutrophil]]s around hair follicle and infiltrate into it - including the follicular canal.
*Clusters of cells with brown granular material in the superficial dermis/dermoepidermal junction - pigmented melanocytes.  
*Epidermal invagination ''or'' cyst at site of a hair follicle - contains:
**Sebum.
**+/-Bacteria (''Propionibacterium acnes'') and inflammatory cells - typically neurophils.
 
Subtyped into:
#Open comedones ("blackheads") - no extension to epidermal surface.
#Closed comedones ("whiteheads") - to epidermal surface have wide opening.
 
DDx - acneiform disorder:<ref name=Ref_Derm77>{{Ref Derm|77}}</ref>
*[[Rosacea]].
*Infective folliculitis.
*Perioral dermatitis.
*Acne vulgaris.


Images:
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seborrheic_keratosis_(1).jpg Seborrheic keratosis - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://www.dermnet.com/images/Acne-Histology/picture/4069 Acne (dermnet.com)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seborrheic_keratosis_%282%29.jpg Seborrheic keratosis - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://www.dermatlas.org/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1985374774 Seborrheic keratosis - high mag. (dermatlas.org)].
*[http://www.dermatlas.org/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1880960893 Seborrheic keratosis - low mag.  (dermatlas.org)].


==Verruca vulgaris==
==Solar elastosis==
*[[AKA]] ''actinic elastosis''.<ref>URL: [http://www.dermnetnz.org/dermal-infiltrative/solar-elastosis.html http://www.dermnetnz.org/dermal-infiltrative/solar-elastosis.html]. Accessed on: 27 March 2013.</ref>
===General===
===General===
*[[AKA]] common wart.
*Very common.
*Etiology - [[HPV]].
*Caused by sun exposure - specifically UV light.<ref name=pmid20802019>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thomas | first1 = NE. | last2 = Kricker | first2 = A. | last3 = From | first3 = L. | last4 = Busam | first4 = K. | last5 = Millikan | first5 = RC. | last6 = Ritchey | first6 = ME. | last7 = Armstrong | first7 = BK. | last8 = Lee-Taylor | first8 = J. | last9 = Marrett | first9 = LD. | title = Associations of cumulative sun exposure and phenotypic characteristics with histologic solar elastosis. | journal = Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev | volume = 19 | issue = 11 | pages = 2932-41 | month = Nov | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0686 | PMID = 20802019 }}</ref>
 
**Severity correlated with cumulative exposure to UV light..<ref name=pmid17204514/>
Notes:
*Often co-localized with skin cancers - as UV light is risk factor for skin cancers.<ref name=pmid17204514 >{{Cite journal  | last1 = Karagas | first1 = MR. | last2 = Zens | first2 = MS. | last3 = Nelson | first3 = HH. | last4 = Mabuchi | first4 = K. | last5 = Perry | first5 = AE. | last6 = Stukel | first6 = TA. | last7 = Mott | first7 = LA. | last8 = Andrew | first8 = AS. | last9 = Applebaum | first9 = KM. | title = Measures of cumulative exposure from a standardized sun exposure history questionnaire: a comparison with histologic assessment of solar skin damage. | journal = Am J Epidemiol | volume = 165 | issue = 6 | pages = 719-26 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1093/aje/kwk055 | PMID = 17204514 }}</ref>
*Related to [[condyloma acuminatum]].
*Benign.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/verruca_vulgaris.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/verruca_vulgaris.html]. Accessed on: 14 July 2010.</ref>
Features:
*Hyperkeratosis (more keratin - thick stratum corneum).
*Grey, spaghetti-like material in the superficial dermis.
*Hypergranulosis (thicker stratum granulosum).
*Acanthosis (thickening of the stratum spinosum).
*Rete ridges lengthened (~7-10x normal).
*Large blood vessels at the dermal-epidermal junction.


Memory device: there is more of everything - more s. corneum, s. granulosum, s. spinosum, longer rete ridges, more (larger) blood vessels.
DDx:
*[[Actinic keratosis]].
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin|Squamous cell carcinoma]].


Images:
Note:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verruca_vulgaris_-_very_low_mag.jpg Verruca vulgaris - very low mag. (WC)].
*The DDx above is things associated with sun damaged skin.
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verruca_vulgaris_-_intermed_mag.jpg Verruca vulgaris - intermed mag. (WC)].
*Dermal mucin (as my be seen in [[lupus erythematosus]]) is a possible mimic - but it isn't spaghetti-like and the "background" (an [[interface dermatitis]]) is different.


==Pilomatricoma==
====Images====
*[[AKA]] pilomatrixoma.
<gallery>
===General===
Image:Solar_elastosis_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Solar elastosis - intermed. mag. (WC)
*Benign skin tumour.
Image:Solar_elastosis_-_high_mag.jpg | Solar elastosis - high mag. (WC)
*Most common solid skin tumour of children.<ref name=emed1058965>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1058965-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1058965-overview]</ref>
</gallery>
www:
*[http://dermpathexpert.com/id88.html Solar elastosis - several images (dermpathexpert.com)].


Clinical:
===Sign out===
*Hard nodule - calcification.
<pre>
*+/-Painful. (???)
SKIN, RIGHT CHEEK, RE-EXCISION:
- DERMAL SCAR.
- EXTENSIVE SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
</pre>


Treatment:
=====Prominent blood vessels=====
*Surgical excision.<ref name=emed1058965>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1058965-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1058965-overview]</ref>
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT CHEEK, BIOPSY:
- SKIN WITH SOLAR ELASTOSIS AND PROMINENT SMALL BLOOD VESSELS.
</pre>


===Microscopic===
<pre>
Features:<ref name=emed1058965dx>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1058965-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1058965-diagnosis]</ref>
SUPERIOR SHOULDER, LEFT, PUNCH BIOPSY:
*Location: lower dermis/subcutaneous fat; thus, usu. surrounded by connective tissue.
- BENIGN SKIN WITH MODERATE SOLAR ELASTOSIS, PROMINENT SMALL BLOOD VESSELS AND
*Sharpy demarcated island of cells.
  SCATTERED PERIVASCULAR LYMPHOCYTES AND PLASMA CELLS.
*Calcification in 75% - with calcium staining (von Kossa).  
- NEGATIVE FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
*Cells:<ref>[http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/CE/cytotechnology/cytosleuthquiz/nongyne/ngcase02d.htm http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/CE/cytotechnology/cytosleuthquiz/nongyne/ngcase02d.htm]</ref>
- NEGATIVE FOR ACTINIC KERATOSIS.
**Basaloid epithelial cells - have prominent nucleoli.
</pre>
**Anucleate squamous cells ("ghost cells").
*Giant cell foreign body type [[granulomas]] (form in reaction to keratin).


Notes:
====Micro====
*Keratin a prominent feature on cytology - lots of orange stuff.
The sections show hair bearing skin with solar elastosis and numerous small dilated blood vessels.  The dermis is mildly fibrotic. Compact keratin is present.


Images:
The epidermis matures to the surface. A granular layer is present. There is no basal
*[http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/CE/cytotechnology/cytosleuthquiz/nongyne/ngcase02.htm Pilomatrixoma - cytology (bccancer.bc.ca)].
epidermal atypia. No melanocytic nests are identified. There is no palisading of the basal
*[http://www.dermrounds.com/photo/1980062:Photo:431 Pilomatrixoma - histology (dermrounds.com)].
cells. Rare scattered lymphocytes are in the dermis.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pilomatrixoma_-_high_mag.jpg Pilomatrixoma - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pilomatrixoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg Pilomatrixoma - intermed. mag. (WC)].


DDx:
=Very common - viral=
*[[Epidermal inclusion cyst]].
==Verruca vulgaris==
{{Main|Verruca vulgaris}}


==Dermatofibroma==
==Verruca plana==
===General===
===General===
*AKA ''fibrous histiocytoma''.
*Common.
*Reactive process -- it is ''not'' a neoplasm.
*Usu. hands and face.<ref name=Ref_WMSP480>{{Ref WMSP|480}}</ref>
*Usually associated with previous trauma.
**In women... usually legs.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP492>{{Ref WMSP|492}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP480>{{Ref WMSP|480}}</ref>
*Prominent fibrous bundles, especially at the edge of the lesion.
*Orthokeratosis with basketweave pattern.
**Surrounded by spindle cells (fibroblasts).
*Hypergranulosis.
***Usually thought of as fibroblasts surrounded by fibrous material ("collagen-trapping").
*Viral keratohyaline.
*Lack of adnexal structures, i.e. no sweat glands, no hair.
*Koilocytes.
*+/-Epidermal changes - known as "dirty fingers":<ref>BD. 13 April 2011.</ref>
*[[Acanthosis]] - yet flat surface and base.
**Acanthosis (thickened epithelial layer - specifically thickened ''stratum spinosum'').
**Basal keratinocyte hyperpigmentation.


Images:
Notes:
*[http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/dermatofibroma.html Dermatofibroma (ucsf.edu)].
*It differs from [[verruca vulgaris]]... (1) orthokeratosis, (2) flat surface and base.
*[http://www.pacificderm.org/newsflashcpcapril04.html DF - several images (pacificderm.org)].


DDx:
=Less common=
*[[Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans]] (DFSP).
==Chronic folliculitis==
*[[Neurofibroma]].
:''Folliculitis'' redirect here.
*[[Blue nevus]].
===General===
*[[Melanoma]].
*Common.
*Infrequently biopsied.


====Subtypes====
===Gross===
Like all common things... there are subtypes:<ref>{{Ref Sternberg5|51}}</ref>
*Erythema.<ref>URL: [http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/folliculitis-topic-overview http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/folliculitis-topic-overview]. Accessed on: 7 November 2012.</ref>
*Cellular.
*Deep penetrating.
*Lipidized - with foamy macrophages, hemorrhage and Touton-like giant cells.
*Epithelioid cell histiocytoma.
*Fibrotic.
*Aneurysmal - large blood filled + features of ''lipidized''.
*Granular cell dermatofibroma.
*Dermatofibroma with monster cells.


===IHC===
DDx gross:
Features:<ref name=pmid7694515>{{cite journal |author=Abenoza P, Lillemoe T |title=CD34 and factor XIIIa in the differential diagnosis of dermatofibroma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans |journal=Am J Dermatopathol |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=429–34 |year=1993 |month=October |pmid=7694515 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid9129699>{{cite journal |author=Goldblum JR, Tuthill RJ |title=CD34 and factor-XIIIa immunoreactivity in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and dermatofibroma |journal=Am J Dermatopathol |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=147–53 |year=1997 |month=April |pmid=9129699 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Melanocytic lesion]]s.
*Factor XIIIa +ve.
**Usually negative in [[DFSP]].
*CD34 -ve.
**Usually positive in DFSP.
*D2-40 +ve.<ref name=pmid20062007>{{cite journal |author=Bandarchi B, Ma L, Marginean C, Hafezi S, Zubovits J, Rasty G |title=D2-40, a novel immunohistochemical marker in differentiating dermatofibroma from dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans |journal=Mod. Pathol. |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=434–8 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20062007 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.2009.176 |url=}}</ref>
**Usually negative in DFSP.


==Ezcema==
===Microscopic===
===General===
Features:
*A nebulous thingy.
*Inflammation around the hair follicle - '''key feature'''.
*Very common.
**Lymphocytes - usu. predominant.
*+/-Chronic changes:
**[[Acanthosis]].
**Hyperkeratosis.
**Hypergranulosis.


DDx:
DDx:
*Contact allergy.
*[[Acne vulgaris]].
*Drug reaction.
 
*Food allergy.
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<pre>
SKIN LESION, UPPER ARM, BIOPSY:
- CHRONIC FOLLICULITIS WITH SECONDARY SURFACE CHANGES.
</pre>
 
====Micro====
The sections show hair-bearing skin with abundant lymphocytes around and within the hair follicle wall.  


===Microscopic===
The non-hair follicle epidermis has acanthosis, hypergranulosis and compact hyperkeratosis. There is no inflammatory cell infiltrate in the non-hair follicle epidermis or at the non-hair follicle interface.
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1188}}</ref>
*Spongiosis (epidermal edema); keratinocytes spacing increased - '''key feature'''.
*+/-Interdermal vesicles.
*+/-Eosinophils (may suggest Rx reaction).
*Perivascular lymphocytes.


=Less common=
There are no granulomas.
==Molluscum contagiosum==
*Etiology: caused by ''molluscum contagiosum virus''.


===Microscopic===
==Clear cell acanthoma==
Features:
{{Main|Clear cell acanthoma}}
*A suprabasilar epidermal lesion consisting of "molluscum bodies", i.e. ''molluscum bodies'' are found above the stratum basale.<ref>[http://www.missionforvisionusa.org/anatomy/2006/08/what-is-molluscum-contagiosum.html http://www.missionforvisionusa.org/anatomy/2006/08/what-is-molluscum-contagiosum.html]</ref>
*Molluscum bodies - '''key feature''':
**Large cells with abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm.
**Small peripheral nucleus.


Image(s):
==Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis==
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molluscum_contagiosum_high_mag.jpg Molluscum contagiosum - high mag. (WC)].
*[[AKA]] ''chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis''.
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Molluscum_contagiosum_low_mag.jpg Molluscum contagiosum - low magnification (WC)].
*Abbreviated ''CNCH''.
*[[AKA]] ''Winkler disease''.<ref>URL: [http://www.head-face-med.com/content/4/1/2 http://www.head-face-med.com/content/4/1/2]. Accessed on: 16 January 2014.</ref>
{{Main|Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis}}


Note:
==Cutaneous calcinosis==
*Molluscum bodies vaguely resemble ''[[signet ring cell]]s'' -- but:
*[[AKA]] ''calcinosis cutis''.
**Cytoplasm eosinophilic and granular.
{{Main|Cutaneous calcinosis}}
**Nucleus usually smaller than in signet ring cell.
**''Molluscum bodies'' are only the epidermis - an uncommon place to find SRCs without finding them elsewhere.
*The granular eosinophilic cytoplasm represents accumulated virons.


==Syringoma==
==Dilated pore of Winer==
===General===
===General===
*Benign sweat duct tumour.
*Benign.
*Eccrine differentiation.
*Looks like a zit.
*Usually close to lower eyelid.<ref>{{Ref PBoD8|1177}}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059871-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1059871-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 12 May 2010.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP486>{{Ref WMSP|486}}</ref>
*Proliferation of benign ducts with lined by a bilayer (as in normal sweat ducts) with abnormal architecture:
*Dilated hair follicle with keratin.
**Tadpole like appearing ducts.
*[[Acanthosis]].
*Budding of epidermis (into dermis).
 
DDx:
*[[Pilar sheath acanthoma]].


Image:
Image:
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/2329061316/ Syringoma (flickr.com)].
*[http://dermpathexpert.com/id90.html Dilated pore of Winer (dermpathexpert.com)].
 
==Lichenoid keratosis==
*[[AKA]] ''lichen planus-like keratosis''.
{{Main|Lichenoid keratosis}}
 
==Granuloma annulare==
{{Main|Granuloma annulare}}
 
==Necrobiosis lipoidica==
{{Main|Necrobiosis lipoidica}}


==Inverted follicular keratosis==
==Keloid==
*Benign skin lesion.
{{Main|Keloid}}
*Rare.
 
*May mimic [[squamous cell carcinoma]] or basal cell carcinoma.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC475744/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC475744/]. Accessed on: 11 May 2010.</ref>
==Angiofibroma==
:See also: ''[[nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]]''.
:Should '''not''' be confused with ''[[angiokeratoma]]''.
{{Main|Angiofibroma}}


Images:
==Benign fibrous papule==
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/3059309003/ Inverted follicular keratosis - low mag. (flickr.com)].
*[[AKA]] ''fibrous papule''.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/3060145702/ Inverted follicular keratosis - high mag. (flickr.com)].


==Dermal cylindroma==
===General===
===General===
*Benign skin lesion.
*An ''[[angiofibroma]]'' on the face that is solitary.<ref name=Ref_Derm505>{{Ref Derm|505}}</ref><ref name=pmid18032900>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jacyk | first1 = WK. | last2 = Rütten | first2 = A. | last3 = Requena | first3 = L. | title = Fibrous papule of the face with granular cells. | journal = Dermatology | volume = 216 | issue = 1 | pages = 56-9 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1159/000109359 | PMID = 18032900 }}</ref>
*Should not be confused with ''cylindroma'' ([[adenoid cystic carcinoma]]).
 
===Gross===
*Solitary lesion of the face - '''important'''.<ref name=Ref_Derm505>{{Ref Derm|505}}</ref>
**Usually on the nose.<ref name=pmid18032900/>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP492>{{Ref WMSP|492}}</ref>
*Nests of cells that are surrounded by hyaline (i.e. glassy, eosinophilic, acellular) material.  
*Dome-shaped.
*Fibrotic dermis.
**Enlarged fibroblasts.
*Dilated small vessels.
*+/-Multinucleated stromal cells.<ref name=pmid543528>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ragaz | first1 = A. | last2 = Berezowsky | first2 = V. | title = Fibrous papule of the face. A study of five cases by electron microscopy. | journal = Am J Dermatopathol | volume = 1 | issue = 4 | pages = 353-6 | month =  | year = 1979 | doi =  | PMID = 543528 }}</ref>
*+/-Stellate cells.<ref name=pmid543528/>


Images:
DDx:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dermal_cylindroma_intermed_mag.jpg Dermal cylindroma (WC)].
*[[Angiofibroma]] - not solitary or not on the nose.
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dermal_cylindroma_intermed_mag_deep.jpg Dermal cylindroma - high mag. (WC)].


==Keratoacanthoma==
Note:
*Abbreviated ''KA''.
*Several variants exist.<ref name=pmid18032900>{{Cite journal | last1 = Jacyk | first1 = WK. | last2 = Rütten | first2 = A. | last3 = Requena | first3 = L. | title = Fibrous papule of the face with granular cells. | journal = Dermatology | volume = 216 | issue = 1 | pages = 56-9 | month = | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1159/000109359 | PMID = 18032900 }}</ref>
*Generally considered to be benign.
**Rare reports of metastases suggesting it may be a form of squamous cell carcinoma.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Mandrell JC, Santa Cruz D |title=Keratoacanthoma: hyperplasia, benign neoplasm, or a type of squamous cell carcinoma? |journal=Semin Diagn Pathol |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=150–63 |year=2009 |month=August |pmid=20043514 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


===Clinical===
===Images===
*May grow rapidly (weeks or months) then involute.
*[http://www.dermaamin.com/site/histopathology-of-the-skin/58-f/1739-fibrous-papule-angiofibroma-.html Fibrous papule (dermaamin.com)].
*Main DDx is squamous cell carcinoma.
*Exophytic lesion, well-circumscribed.


===Microscopic===
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Features:<ref>{{Ref Klatt|378}}</ref>
<pre>
*Expansion of stratum spinosum - pushing tongue-like downward growth of epidermis into the dermis.
SKIN LESION, CHIN, BIOPSY:
*Keratin collection (keratin plug) at the center of lesion-superficial aspect.
- BENIGN FIBROUS PAPULE.
*Cells have glassy pink cytoplasm.
</pre>
*Minimal/no nuclear atypia.


Image:
==Molluscum contagiosum==
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skin_keratoacanthoma_whole_slide.jpg Keratocanthoma (WC).]
{{Main|Molluscum contagiosum}}


==Superficial dermal infiltrates==
==Superficial dermal infiltrates==
Discussed in detail by Alsaad and Ghazarian.<ref name=pmid16311340>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Alsaad | first1 = KO. | last2 = Ghazarian | first2 = D. | title = My approach to superficial inflammatory dermatoses. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 58 | issue = 12 | pages = 1233-41 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.027151 | PMID = 16311340 }}</ref>
Discussed in detail by Alsaad and Ghazarian.<ref name=pmid16311340>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Alsaad | first1 = KO. | last2 = Ghazarian | first2 = D. | title = My approach to superficial inflammatory dermatoses. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 58 | issue = 12 | pages = 1233-41 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.027151 | PMID = 16311340 }}</ref>


===Dermal perivascular lymphoeosinophilic infiltration (DPLI)===
===Dermal perivascular lymphoeosinophilic infiltration===  
*Microscopic appearance is just what it is called:
*Abbreviated ''DPLI''.
**Lymphocytes and eosinophils around the vessels in the superficial dermis.
 
Microscopic appearance is just what it is called:
*Lymphocytes and eosinophils around the vessels in the superficial dermis.


DDx:<ref name=pmid16311340/>
DDx:<ref name=pmid16311340/>
*Insect bite - classically wedge-shaped.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1269>{{Ref PBoD|1269}}</ref>
*Insect bite - classically wedge-shaped.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1269>{{Ref PBoD|1269}}</ref>
*Drug reactions.
*[[Drug reaction]].
*Urticarial reactions.
*Urticarial reaction.
*Prevesicular early stage of [[bullous pemphigoid]].
*Prevesicular early stage of [[bullous pemphigoid]].
*[[HIV]] related dermatoses.
*[[HIV]] related dermatoses.
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==Mastocytosis==
==Mastocytosis==
===General===
{{Main|Mastocytosis}}
*Abundance of mast cells.
*Predominantly in children - if skin only.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8|1185>{{Ref PBoD8|1185}}</ref>
*Cells in the superficial/mid dermis that are:
**Lymphocyte-like with more cytoplasm that is granular.
***Cells may have spindled or stellate morphology.
***Tend to be more abundant around vessels.
*+/-Eosinophils (common).
*+/-Edema - often prominent; gives cells a white halo.
 
Notes:
*Lymphocyte vs. mast cell:
**Lymphocytes = round; mast cells = ovoid.
 
Images:
*[http://www.jameswpattersonmd.com/case_studies/index.cfm?CFID=387434 Mastocytosis - low res. (jameswpattersonmd.com)].
 
===Stains===
*[[Toluidine blue stain|Toluidine blue]] -- highlights the granules.
*CD117 +ve.


==Ichthyosis==
==Ichthyosis==
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*Usu. inherited... thus a pediatric condition.
*Usu. inherited... thus a pediatric condition.


Clinical:
===Gross===
*Fish scale-like appearance.
*Fish scale-like appearance.
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ichthyosis_1.jpg Ichtyosis (WC)].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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==Palmar fibromatosis==
==Palmar fibromatosis==
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''Dupuytren's contracture''.
*[[AKA]] Dupuytren's contracture.
*[[AKA]] ''Dupuytren disease''.
 
{{Main|Palmar fibromatosis}}
Clinical:<ref>URL: [http://www.humpath.com/palmar-fibromatosis http://www.humpath.com/palmar-fibromatosis]. Accessed on: 6 January 2011.</ref>
*Usually older 60-70s.
*Male > female.
*Associated with:
**Alcohol abuse.
*May be familial.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/softfib/plantar_fibromatosis/printable.html]. Accessed on: 6 January 2011.</ref>
*Bland spindle cells in dense collagen.
**No nuclear atypia.
*Giant cells.
*+/-Mitotic figures.
 
Images:
*[http://www.biomedsearch.com/attachments/display/00/16/69/68/16696857/1479-5876-4-21-2.jpg Palmer fibromatosis (biomedsearch.com)].<ref name=pmid16696857>{{cite journal |author=Wang L, Zhu H |title=Clonal analysis of palmar fibromatosis: a study whether palmar fibromatosis is a real tumor |journal=J Transl Med |volume=4 |issue= |pages=21 |year=2006 |pmid=16696857 |pmc=1488873 |doi=10.1186/1479-5876-4-21 |url=http://www.biomedsearch.com/nih/Clonal-analysis-palmar-fibromatosis-study/16696857.html}}</ref>


==Angiomyoma==
==Angiomyoma==
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutaneous_angiomyoma_%282%29.jpg Angiomymoma (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutaneous_angiomyoma_%282%29.jpg Angiomymoma (WC)].


==Panniculitis==
==Angiokeratoma==
{{Main|Angiokeratoma}}
 
==Inverted follicular keratosis==
*Abbreviated ''IFK''.<ref name=pmid11411260>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Shih | first1 = CC. | last2 = Yu | first2 = HS. | last3 = Tung | first3 = YC. | last4 = Tsai | first4 = KB. | last5 = Cheng | first5 = ST. | title = Inverted follicular keratosis. | journal = Kaohsiung J Med Sci | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 50-4 | month = Jan | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11411260 }}</ref>
===General===
*Benign skin lesion.
*Central face - middle age.<ref name=Ref_Derm387>{{Ref Derm|387}}</ref>
*Uncommon.
*May be considered a variant of ''[[seborrheic keratosis]]'' that is predominantly endophytic.<ref name=Ref_Derm341>{{Ref Derm|341}}</ref>
 
Clinical DDx:<ref name=Ref_Derm387>{{Ref Derm|387}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC475744/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC475744/]. Accessed on: 11 May 2010.</ref>
*[[BCC]].
*[[Wart]].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm387>{{Ref Derm|387}}</ref>
*Keratinocyte of cytologically benign proliferation.
*"Squamous eddies" (whorls of keratin).
*Coarse keratohyaline granules.
 
DDx:
DDx:
*Erythema nodosum.
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]].
*Erythema induratum.
*[[Trichilemmoma]].
*Self-inflicted trauma.
*[[Seborrheic keratosis]] - has an exophytic component.
*Systemic lupus erythematosus.
 
*Weird stuff.  
Images:
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/3059309003/ Inverted follicular keratosis - low mag. (flickr.com)].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/3060145702/ Inverted follicular keratosis - high mag. (flickr.com)].
*[http://mckeedermpath.com/SPOT%20DIAGNOSIS%20CASE%20474.html Inverted follicular keratosis - several images (mckeedermpath.com)].


===Erythema nodosum===
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Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
<pre>
*Common.
SKIN LESION, FACE, BIOPSY:
*Assoc. with [[IBD]].
- INVERTED FOLLICULAR KERATOSIS.
</pre>


====Microscopic====
====Micro====
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
The sections show skin with acanthosis, pseudohorn cysts, and focal basal epidermal pigmentation.  There is no basal nuclear atypia, no mitoses and there are no melanocytic nests. There is minimal dermal inflammation. There is no apparent solar elastosis.
*Expanded (inter-adipocyte cluster) septa.
*Neutrophils.
*Fibrin.


Notes:
==Focal cutaneous mucinosis==
*No vasculitis.
===General===
===Erythema induratum===
*Benign.
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
*May be associated with systemic disease.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gandhi | first1 = V. | last2 = Dogra | first2 = D. | last3 = Pandhi | first3 = RK. | title = Cutaneous focal mucinosis. | journal = Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | volume = 62 | issue = 4 | pages = 260-1 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 20948074 }}</ref>
*Not common.
*Etiology: unknown.


====Microscopic====
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1199>{{Ref PBoD8|1199}}</ref>
Features:
*Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation.
*Light blue whispy material in the dermis - '''key feature'''.
*Necrotizing vasculitis of small/medium sized vessels (early).


DDx:
DDx:
*Infection.
*Dermal edema.
*[[Digital mucous cyst]].
 
==Panniculitis==
{{Main|Panniculitis}}
This is dealt with in the ''[[panniculitis]]'' article.
 
DDx for panniculitis:
*[[Erythema nodosum]].
*[[Erythema induratum]].
*Self-inflicted trauma.
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].
*Weird stuff.
 
=Rare=
==Necrotizing fasciitis==
:'''''Not''' to be confused with [[nodular fasciitis]]''.
*[[AKA]] ''flesh-eating disease''.
{{Main|Necrotizing fasciitis}}
 
==Porokeratosis==
{{Main|Porokeratosis}}
 
==Nevus sebaceous==
*[[AKA]] ''nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn''.
{{Main|Nevus sebaceous}}
 
==Nevus lipomatosus superficialis==
*Abbreviated ''NLS''.
*[[AKA]] ''nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis'', abbreviated ''NLCS''.
*[[AKA]] ''nevus lipomatosus''.<ref name=pmid15677959>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kaw | first1 = P. | last2 = Carlson | first2 = A. | last3 = Meyer | first3 = DR. | title = Nevus lipomatosus (pedunculated lipofibroma) of the eyelid. | journal = Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 74-6 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 15677959 }}</ref>
{{Main|Nevus lipomatosus superficialis}}


=Bullous disease=
=Bullous disease=

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Non-malignant skin disease is relatively common. The pathology may or may not be specific. Some diseases require clinical information to diagnose.

An introduction to dermatopathology is in the dermatopathology article. Nevi (moles) and other melanocytic lesions are dealt with in the article melanocytic lesions. Inflammatory skin conditions are dealt with in inflammatory skin disorders.

Other

Lichen simplex chronicus

Main article: Lichen simplex chronicus

Prurigo nodularis

  • Abbreviated PN.
  • AKA chronic prurigo and picker nodule.[1]

General

Gross

  • Dome-shaped/raised - papular (<1 cm) or nodular (>1 cm).[2]

Microscopic

DDx:

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SKIN LESION, LEFT CHIN, BIOPSY: 
- PRURIGO NODULARIS.

Micro

The sections show a raised lesion with compact hyperkeratosis and irregular acanthosis. Spongiosis is seen focally. There is minimal hypergranulosis.

There is no thinning of the suprapapillary plate and no dilated superficial blood vessels. There is no interface activity.

Very common

Dermatomycosis

Dermatophytosis redirects here.

General

Note:

  • Dermatophytosis (ring worm) is a type of dermatomycosis.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Microorganisms - key feature.
    • Often hyphae (candida) - like twigs of a tree... branching.
      • May be very fragmented in section ~ size of a neutrophil.
  • Perivascular inflammation, esp. neutrophils.
  • Exocytosis - blood cell infiltrate the epidermis.

Images

  • Dermatomycosis - intermed. mag. (WC)

  • Dermatomycosis - high mag. (WC)

  • Dermatomycosis - GMS stain - low mag. (WC)

  • Dermatomycosis - GMS stain - high mag. (WC)

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Stains

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SKIN, BIOPSY:
- SKIN WITH SUPERFICIAL FUNGAL ORGANISMS CONSISTENT WITH CANDIDA.
- REACTIVE CHANGES OF THE EPITHELIUM.

Micro

The sections show skin with a neutrophilic infiltrate in the superficial epidermis. PAS-D staining demonstrates fungal organisms with a morphology suggestive of candida.

The epithelium has parakeratosis, acanthosis and spongiosis. No mitotic activity is appreciated. The keratinocytes are moderately enlarged and have evident nucleoli.

Cicatrix

Main article: Dermal scar

Fibroepithelial polyp

Main article: Fibroepithelial polyp

Actinic keratosis

Main article: Actinic keratosis

Actinic cheilitis

General

Microscopic

See actinic keratosis.

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LESION, LOWER LIP, BIOPSY: 
- ACTINIC CHEILITIS.
- SOLAR ELASTOSIS.

Micro

The sections show skin with moderate basal nuclear hyperchromasia and atypia, and parakeratosis. The squamous epithelium has maturation to the surface. There is no inflammation at the dermal-epidermal interface. Solar elastosis is present.

Seborrheic keratosis

Main article: Seborrheic keratosis

Pilomatricoma

Main article: Pilomatricoma

Dermatofibroma

Main article: Dermatofibroma

Ezcema

General

  • A nebulous thingy.
  • Very common.

DDx:

Microscopic

Features:[5]

  • Spongiosis (epidermal edema); keratinocytes spacing increased - key feature.
  • +/-Interdermal vesicles.
  • +/-Eosinophils (may suggest Rx reaction).
  • Perivascular lymphocytes.

Acne vulgaris

General

  • Extremely common - esp. among adolescents.
  • Very rarely seen by pathologists.

Treatments:

  • Antibiotic (minocycline).
  • Isotretinoin AKA all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).

Gross

  • Papules, pustules, nodules or cysts.
    • White, black or erythematous.

Images:

Microscopic

Features:[6]

  • Folliculitis:[7]
    • Neutrophils around hair follicle and infiltrate into it - including the follicular canal.
  • Epidermal invagination or cyst at site of a hair follicle - contains:
    • Sebum.
    • +/-Bacteria (Propionibacterium acnes) and inflammatory cells - typically neurophils.

Subtyped into:

  1. Open comedones ("blackheads") - no extension to epidermal surface.
  2. Closed comedones ("whiteheads") - to epidermal surface have wide opening.

DDx - acneiform disorder:[7]

  • Rosacea.
  • Infective folliculitis.
  • Perioral dermatitis.
  • Acne vulgaris.

Image:

Solar elastosis

General

  • Very common.
  • Caused by sun exposure - specifically UV light.[9]
    • Severity correlated with cumulative exposure to UV light..[10]
  • Often co-localized with skin cancers - as UV light is risk factor for skin cancers.[10]
  • Benign.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Grey, spaghetti-like material in the superficial dermis.

DDx:

Note:

  • The DDx above is things associated with sun damaged skin.
  • Dermal mucin (as my be seen in lupus erythematosus) is a possible mimic - but it isn't spaghetti-like and the "background" (an interface dermatitis) is different.

Images

  • Solar elastosis - intermed. mag. (WC)

  • Solar elastosis - high mag. (WC)

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SKIN, RIGHT CHEEK, RE-EXCISION:
- DERMAL SCAR.
- EXTENSIVE SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
Prominent blood vessels
SKIN LESION, LEFT CHEEK, BIOPSY:
- SKIN WITH SOLAR ELASTOSIS AND PROMINENT SMALL BLOOD VESSELS.

SUPERIOR SHOULDER, LEFT, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- BENIGN SKIN WITH MODERATE SOLAR ELASTOSIS, PROMINENT SMALL BLOOD VESSELS AND
  SCATTERED PERIVASCULAR LYMPHOCYTES AND PLASMA CELLS.
- NEGATIVE FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
- NEGATIVE FOR ACTINIC KERATOSIS.

Micro

The sections show hair bearing skin with solar elastosis and numerous small dilated blood vessels. The dermis is mildly fibrotic. Compact keratin is present.

The epidermis matures to the surface. A granular layer is present. There is no basal epidermal atypia. No melanocytic nests are identified. There is no palisading of the basal cells. Rare scattered lymphocytes are in the dermis.

Very common - viral

Verruca vulgaris

Main article: Verruca vulgaris

Verruca plana

General

  • Common.
  • Usu. hands and face.[11]

Microscopic

Features:[11]

  • Orthokeratosis with basketweave pattern.
  • Hypergranulosis.
  • Viral keratohyaline.
  • Koilocytes.
  • Acanthosis - yet flat surface and base.

Notes:

  • It differs from verruca vulgaris... (1) orthokeratosis, (2) flat surface and base.

Less common

Chronic folliculitis

Folliculitis redirect here.

General

  • Common.
  • Infrequently biopsied.

Gross

DDx gross:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Inflammation around the hair follicle - key feature.
    • Lymphocytes - usu. predominant.
  • +/-Chronic changes:

DDx:

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SKIN LESION, UPPER ARM, BIOPSY:
- CHRONIC FOLLICULITIS WITH SECONDARY SURFACE CHANGES.

Micro

The sections show hair-bearing skin with abundant lymphocytes around and within the hair follicle wall.

The non-hair follicle epidermis has acanthosis, hypergranulosis and compact hyperkeratosis. There is no inflammatory cell infiltrate in the non-hair follicle epidermis or at the non-hair follicle interface.

There are no granulomas.

Clear cell acanthoma

Main article: Clear cell acanthoma

Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis

  • AKA chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis.
  • Abbreviated CNCH.
  • AKA Winkler disease.[13]
Main article: Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis

Cutaneous calcinosis

  • AKA calcinosis cutis.
Main article: Cutaneous calcinosis

Dilated pore of Winer

General

  • Benign.
  • Looks like a zit.

Microscopic

Features:[14]

  • Dilated hair follicle with keratin.
  • Acanthosis.
  • Budding of epidermis (into dermis).

DDx:

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Lichenoid keratosis

  • AKA lichen planus-like keratosis.
Main article: Lichenoid keratosis

Granuloma annulare

Main article: Granuloma annulare

Necrobiosis lipoidica

Main article: Necrobiosis lipoidica

Keloid

Main article: Keloid

Angiofibroma

See also: nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Should not be confused with angiokeratoma.
Main article: Angiofibroma

Benign fibrous papule

  • AKA fibrous papule.

General

Gross

  • Solitary lesion of the face - important.[15]
    • Usually on the nose.[16]

Microscopic

Features:[17]

  • Dome-shaped.
  • Fibrotic dermis.
    • Enlarged fibroblasts.
  • Dilated small vessels.
  • +/-Multinucleated stromal cells.[18]
  • +/-Stellate cells.[18]

DDx:

Note:

  • Several variants exist.[16]

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SKIN LESION, CHIN, BIOPSY:
- BENIGN FIBROUS PAPULE.

Molluscum contagiosum

Main article: Molluscum contagiosum

Superficial dermal infiltrates

Discussed in detail by Alsaad and Ghazarian.[19]

Dermal perivascular lymphoeosinophilic infiltration

  • Abbreviated DPLI.

Microscopic appearance is just what it is called:

  • Lymphocytes and eosinophils around the vessels in the superficial dermis.

DDx:[19]

Notes:

  • May superficially resemble cutaneous lymphoma.[20]

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Congenital dermal melanocytosis

  • AKA Mongolian spots.
  • Classically seen in asian children.

Gross:

  • Brown or blue-grey patch in the lumbosacral area.

Mastocytosis

Main article: Mastocytosis

Ichthyosis

General

  • Comes in different flavours.
  • Usu. inherited... thus a pediatric condition.

Gross

  • Fish scale-like appearance.

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Microscopic

Features:[21]

  • Thick stratum corneum without basket-weave pattern.

Palmar fibromatosis

  • AKA Dupuytren's contracture.
  • AKA Dupuytren disease.
Main article: Palmar fibromatosis

Angiomyoma

General

  • Benign.
  • Female > male.[22]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Well-circumscribed lesion with fascicular architecture.
  • Spindle cells/epithelioid cell with moderate eosinophilic (pink) cytoplasm.
  • Thick-walled blood vessels. (???)

Images:

Angiokeratoma

Main article: Angiokeratoma

Inverted follicular keratosis

  • Abbreviated IFK.[23]

General

  • Benign skin lesion.
  • Central face - middle age.[24]
  • Uncommon.
  • May be considered a variant of seborrheic keratosis that is predominantly endophytic.[25]

Clinical DDx:[24][26]

Microscopic

Features:[24]

  • Keratinocyte of cytologically benign proliferation.
  • "Squamous eddies" (whorls of keratin).
  • Coarse keratohyaline granules.

DDx:

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SKIN LESION, FACE, BIOPSY:
- INVERTED FOLLICULAR KERATOSIS.

Micro

The sections show skin with acanthosis, pseudohorn cysts, and focal basal epidermal pigmentation. There is no basal nuclear atypia, no mitoses and there are no melanocytic nests. There is minimal dermal inflammation. There is no apparent solar elastosis.

Focal cutaneous mucinosis

General

  • Benign.
  • May be associated with systemic disease.[27]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Light blue whispy material in the dermis - key feature.

DDx:

Panniculitis

Main article: Panniculitis

This is dealt with in the panniculitis article.

DDx for panniculitis:

Rare

Necrotizing fasciitis

Not to be confused with nodular fasciitis.
  • AKA flesh-eating disease.
Main article: Necrotizing fasciitis

Porokeratosis

Main article: Porokeratosis

Nevus sebaceous

  • AKA nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn.
Main article: Nevus sebaceous

Nevus lipomatosus superficialis

  • Abbreviated NLS.
  • AKA nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis, abbreviated NLCS.
  • AKA nevus lipomatosus.[28]
Main article: Nevus lipomatosus superficialis

Bullous disease

Main article: Bullous disease

Cysts

Main article: Dermal cysts

See also

References

  1. ↑ Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 26. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  2. ↑ URL: http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/education/derm/text.html. Accessed on: 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ URL: http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/tinea.html. Accessed on: 25 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Picascia, DD.; Robinson, JK. (Aug 1987). "Actinic cheilitis: a review of the etiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment.". J Am Acad Dermatol 17 (2 Pt 1): 255-64. PMID 3305604.
  5. ↑ Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1188. ISBN 978-1416031215.
  6. ↑ Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 76. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 77. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  8. ↑ URL: http://www.dermnetnz.org/dermal-infiltrative/solar-elastosis.html. Accessed on: 27 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Thomas, NE.; Kricker, A.; From, L.; Busam, K.; Millikan, RC.; Ritchey, ME.; Armstrong, BK.; Lee-Taylor, J. et al. (Nov 2010). "Associations of cumulative sun exposure and phenotypic characteristics with histologic solar elastosis.". Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19 (11): 2932-41. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0686. PMID 20802019.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Karagas, MR.; Zens, MS.; Nelson, HH.; Mabuchi, K.; Perry, AE.; Stukel, TA.; Mott, LA.; Andrew, AS. et al. (Mar 2007). "Measures of cumulative exposure from a standardized sun exposure history questionnaire: a comparison with histologic assessment of solar skin damage.". Am J Epidemiol 165 (6): 719-26. doi:10.1093/aje/kwk055. PMID 17204514.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 480. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  12. ↑ URL: http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/folliculitis-topic-overview. Accessed on: 7 November 2012.
  13. ↑ URL: http://www.head-face-med.com/content/4/1/2. Accessed on: 16 January 2014.
  14. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 486. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 505. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Jacyk, WK.; Rütten, A.; Requena, L. (2008). "Fibrous papule of the face with granular cells.". Dermatology 216 (1): 56-9. doi:10.1159/000109359. PMID 18032900.
  17. ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 492. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Ragaz, A.; Berezowsky, V. (1979). "Fibrous papule of the face. A study of five cases by electron microscopy.". Am J Dermatopathol 1 (4): 353-6. PMID 543528.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Alsaad, KO.; Ghazarian, D. (Dec 2005). "My approach to superficial inflammatory dermatoses.". J Clin Pathol 58 (12): 1233-41. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.027151. PMID 16311340.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1269. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  21. ↑ Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1185. ISBN 978-1416031215.
  22. ↑ Katenkamp D, Kosmehl H, Langbein L (1988). "[Angiomyoma. A pathologo-anatomic analysis of 229 cases]" (in German). Zentralbl Allg Pathol 134 (4-5): 423–33. PMID 3201831.
  23. ↑ Shih, CC.; Yu, HS.; Tung, YC.; Tsai, KB.; Cheng, ST. (Jan 2001). "Inverted follicular keratosis.". Kaohsiung J Med Sci 17 (1): 50-4. PMID 11411260.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 387. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  25. ↑ Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 341. ISBN 978-0443066542.
  26. ↑ URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC475744/. Accessed on: 11 May 2010.
  27. ↑ Gandhi, V.; Dogra, D.; Pandhi, RK.. "Cutaneous focal mucinosis.". Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 62 (4): 260-1. PMID 20948074.
  28. ↑ Kaw, P.; Carlson, A.; Meyer, DR. (Jan 2005). "Nevus lipomatosus (pedunculated lipofibroma) of the eyelid.". Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 21 (1): 74-6. PMID 15677959.
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