Difference between revisions of "Dermatopathology"

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Bullous diseases, e.g. pemphigus vulgaris, is dealt with in the ''[[bullous disease]]'' article.
Bullous diseases, e.g. pemphigus vulgaris, is dealt with in the ''[[bullous disease]]'' article.
====Common entities====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! Entity
! Key histologic feature
! Other features
! Clinical
! Stains/IHC
! DDx
! Other
! Image
|-
| [[Seborrheic keratosis]] (SK)
| horn cysts (intraepidermal collections of keratin)
| hyperkeratosis, brown granular material at the DE junction, sharply demarcated
| stuck on appearance
| none
| [[Fibroepithelial polyp]]
| Leser–Trélat sign = many SKs in malignancy
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seborrheic_keratosis_(1).jpg (WC)]
|-
| [[Dermatofibroma]]
| fibrous bundles esp. at edge of lesion
| "dirty fingers" = acanthosis + basal keratinocyte hyperpigmentation
| +/-trauma Hx
| CD34-, Factor VIIIa+
| [[DFSP]]
| very common
| [http://www.pacificderm.org/newsflashcpcapril04.html (pacificderm.org)]
|-
| [[Fibroepithelial polyp]] (skin tag)
| on a stalk (epithelium on 3+ sides)
| no horn nests, no hyperkeratosis
| raised lesion
| none
| [[Seborrheic keratosis]]
| very common
| [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=1767547949 (dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu)]
|- <!--
| Entity
| Key histologic features
| Other features
| Clinical
| Stains/IHC
| DDx
| Other
| Image -->
|}


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