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1
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Describe the morphology of melanocytes

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Neuralish, dendritic morphology and stain with S-100. Also produce melanin pigment but do not carry much themselves.

2
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What is a melanophage?

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A spindly mancrophage which appears melanotic because they are consuming melanin.

3
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Desecribe the normal course of a melanocytic nevus.

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Begins as a lentigo simplex at the dermoepidermal junction. Proliferates into nests (theques) as a junctional nevus. Then migrates into the dermis with loss of the junctional component (intradermal nevus).

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What is a compound nevus?

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A junctional nevus with a dermal component.

5
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Recall some benign or reassuring features of nevi.

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Symmetry

Size <3mm

Lateral borders consisting of nests (not individual cells)

Lack of atypia

Maturation into the dermis

Chunky brown-black pigment

6
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What is a blue nevus?

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A common nevus consisting of a diffuse scattering of dendritic single melanocytes mixed with melanophages.

7
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What is a Spitz nevus?

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A cirumscribed and symmetric nevus found on the head & neck of children.

Melanocytes may be large, spindled, pleomorphic, or even show mitoses. Look for eosinophilic Kamino bodies.

8
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What are some features of acral & genital nevi?

Of congenital nevi?

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Acral and genital nevi are allowed some atypical features (pagetoid spread, lengitinous growth), but no cytologic atypia.

Congenital nevi should track down the adnexal structures.

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What are the four features of architectural disorder in dysplastic nevi?

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Lentiginous spread of atypical melanocytes (along DEJ)

Shouldering (lentiginous component wider than dermal component)

Bridging of rete (nests attached to adjacent rete ridges fuse)

Fibroplasia (featuring of dermal collagen)

10
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What are the four features of cytologic atypia in dysplastic nevi?

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Hyperchromatic nuclei (increased N:C)

Large red nucleoli

Accumulation of dusty grey-brown melanin

Atypical mitoses

11
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What is lentigo maligna?

What is Melanoma in situ?

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Lentigo: Malignant melanocytes proliferating only along the DEJ.

In situ: Above, and percolating up through the epidermis in a pagetoid fashion

12
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What feature is required to diagnose malignant melanoma?

Distinguish between superficial spreading and nodular melanomas.

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Invasion through the DEJ into the dermis (and pagetoid epidermal spread)

Superficial spread grows horizontally but also involves the dermis. Nodular is primarily growing down into the dermis.

13
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Recall some morphologic feature suspicious for melanoma.

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Asymmetry

Discohesive nests

Discohesive cells & pagetoid spread

Band-like associated lymphocytes

Cytologic atypia

Lack of deep maturation

Melanocytic necrosis

14
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What criteria must be included on sign out of a melanoma?

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Depth (Breslow’s in hundredth of a millimeter, Clark’s related to the histologic levels)

Presence or absence of ulceration

Margin status

15
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What are desmoplastic and spindle cell melanoma?

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Melanoma with spindly/sarcomatoid melanocytes. Desmoplastic is also sparsely cellular in a dense fibrotic background. Look for clumps of lymphocytes…

16
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What is acral lentiginous melanoma?

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A melanoma that is characterized by prominent lengitinous growth, and can be hard to distinguish from an acral nevus.

17
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What features of metastatic lesions suggest melanoma?

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Alveolar (nested) architecture

Large cells with big nuclei and red nucleoli

Occasional melanin pigment

18
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Recall the utility of S-100, HMB-45, and Melan-A in diagnosis of melanoma.

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S-100 stains all melanomas. Not helpful in lymph nodes (FDCs)

HMB-45 does not stain spindled melanomas. Generally lost deep in a melanoma. Also stains PEComas & angiomyolipoma.

Melan-A does not stain spindled or desmoplastic melanomas.

19
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What is solar elastosis?

Solar lentigo?

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Elastosis: Accumulation of grey wispy damaged elastin in the dermis

Lentigo: A finger-like proliferation of hyperpigmented rete growing into the epidermis.

20
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What are the defining features of actinic keratosis?

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Squamous atypia of varying thickness

Keratin becomes pink and hyperkeratotic, with sparing of keratin above the hair follicles.

Underlying solar elastosis

21
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What is bowenoid actinic keratosis?

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Full-thickness atypia without invasion.

22
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What dermal entities can be categorized as carcinoma in situ?

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Actinic keratosis & bowenoid actinic keratosis

Bowen’s disease: In non sun-damaged skin and does not spare hair follicles

Bowenoid papulosis: HPV-related lesion of genital sites

23
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What are the features of basal cell carcinoma?

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Lobules of small, blue, basal-type keratinocytes with peripheral palisading

Formation of clefts between tumor nests and stroma

Desmoplasia, focal keratinization, or mucin production

24
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Recall three or so subtypes of basal cell carcinoma.

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Nodular: Usual type

Superficial multicentric: Hangs off epidermis like stalactites

Sclerosing: Prominent desmoplastic response

25
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Describe the usual morphology of seborrheic keratoses.

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Hyperkeratotic, orthokeratotic lesion with a markedly thickened epidermis. Features horn cysts (whorls of orthokeratin) and some pigment and inflammation. No atypia.

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Describe the morphology of verruca vulgaris.

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Church-spire epidermal proliferation with overlying hyper/parakeratosis. Has koilocytes.

27
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What are eccrine poroma / acrospiroma / hidradenoma?

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Tumors of sweat ducts composed of keratinocyte-like cells tha tform ducts. Streamy, pale, and disorganized. Like usual ductal hyperplasia in breast.

28
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What are eccrine spiradenomas?

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“Blue cannonballs in the dermis”, consisting of two basaloid cell lineages with noticeable cords and droplets of hyaline basement membrane substance

29
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What is a cylindroma?

What is a syringoma?

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An adnexal tumor with basaloid nests in the dermis but a mosaic shape to the nests.

A collection of round, dilated tubules with tadpole-like appearance

30
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What is a trichoepithelioma?

What is microcystic adnexal carcinoma?

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A benign tumor of hair follicle that resembles BCC but with horn cysts, hair formation, fibrotic stroma and lack of clefting.

A cancer of sweat gland that resembles syringoma but with deep infiltration into the dermis.

31
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What is an epidermoid cyst?

What is a pilar cyst?

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Epidermoid: Lined by mature squamous epithelium with a granular layer and filled with flaky keratin.

Pilar: Lined by plump keratinocytes with no granular layer filled with compact dense keratin.

32
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Describe the normal morphology of dermatofibroma.

What is its malignant counterpart?

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Ill-defined blue haze in the dermis made of tiny swarming nondescript cells with overlying hyperpigmentation/hypertrophy.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

33
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Describe the normal morphology of neurofibromas.

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Pale/grey nodules in the dermis composed of cells with wavy nuclei and wavy collagen.

34
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Describe the normal morphology of hemangiomas.

What is its malignant counterpart?

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Proliferation of well-formed, dilated capillaries in teh dermis.

Angiosarcoma, which is more cellular and has anastomosing channels lined with plump cells.

35
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Describe the morphology of Kaposi’s sarcoma.

Of pyogenic granuloma?

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Simulates hemangioma, very hard to spot in early stages.

Lobular, circumscribed lesion that is very cellular and inflamed.

36
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How does the epidermis appear folowing acute damage or inflammation?

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Edema (spongiosis), which can be severe enough for form intradermal vesicles. Followed by hyperplasia (acanthosis) and possibly hyperkeratosis.

37
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What is interface dermatitis, and what are its two patterns?

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Inflammation of the basal keratinocyte layer.

Lichenoid: Intense lymphocytic infiltrate at the DEJ.

Vacuolar: Vacuolar degeneration of the basal cells

38
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What is acantholysis?

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Usually antibody-mediate destruction of the intercellular junctions. Results in coalescence of bullae.

39
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What is the most simple pattern of dermal inflammation?

What if it progresses and features neutrophils?

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Perivascular lymphocytic inflammation

Vasculitis

40
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What is leukocytoclastic vasculitis?

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Vessels show fibrinoid necrosis and nuclear debris

41
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What do neutrophilic infiltrates, granulomas, or dense lymphocytic infiltrates in the dermis suggest?

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Neutrophilic: eg Sweet’s syndrome

Granulomatous: Infection, foreign body response, sarcoidosis, granuloma annulare

Lymphocytes: Consider cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

42
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What are the two forms of panniculitis? Give examples.

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Septal: Inflammation is mostly in the fibrous septae between fat. eg Erythema nodosum.

Lobular: Fat itself is inflamed. eg Lupus profundus.

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Normal skin

  1. Normal melanocyte with clear halo of cytoplasm
  2. Pigmented basal keratinocyte
  3. Typical orthokeratin
44
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Melanophages in an intradermal nevus

Arrowhead: Nevus cells
Arrow: Melanophages

45
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Lentigo simplex in acral skin

Arrows: Linear proliferation of melanocytes along DEJ.

46
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Compound nevus

Arrow: Nest of nevocellular cells at the DEJ
Arrowhead: Maturing nevus cells in the dermis

47
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Intradermal nevus

More mature cells at base (arrowhead) than at surface (arrow).

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Blue nevus

Arrow: Elongated, fusiform cells scattered in dermal collagen

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Spitz nevus

Arrow: Large, spindled melanocytes at the DEJ
Arrowhead: Pagetoid spread of melanocytes in the epidermis

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Dysplastic nevus

Arrow: Spindled melanocytes bridging the rete
Arrowhead: Trailing of single melanocytes at the edges
Inset: Cytologicallya typical melanocytes

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Melanoma

Top: Pagetoid spread of melanocytes (arrowheads)

Bottom: Deep dermal melanocytes with cytologic atypia (arrowhead) and mitoses (arrow).

52
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Desmoplastic melanoma

Arrow: Appearance of hypocellular scar in dermis
Arrowhead: Collection of lymphocytes
Inset: Enlarged and hyperchromatic melanocytes within the “scar”

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Solar elastosis

Arrow: Collagen replaced by gray-blue strands of elastin

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Solar lentigo

Arrow: Prominent rete with increased basal pigmentation and underlying solar elastosis

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Actinic keratosis

  1. Disorganized and enlarged nuclei
  2. Atypical mitoses
  3. Overlying hyperkeratosis/parakeratosis
  4. Underlying solar elastosis
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Squamous cell carcinoma

Left: Superficially invasive SqCC
Arrow: Deep keratinization (invasive nest)
Arrowhead: AK-like changes in the overlying epidermis

Right: Same, high-power
Asterisk: Keratin pearl
Arrow: Infiltrating single cell

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Basal cell carcinoma

Arrow: Clefting of tumor cells from the stroma
Arrowhead: Prominent palisading at periphery of nests

58
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Seborrheic keratosis

Arrow: Horn cysts (entrapped keratin)
Arrowhead: Hyperkeratosis (but no parakeratosis!)

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Verruca vulgaris

Arrow: Epidermis heaped into tall spires, topped with hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis.

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Poroma

Arrow: Epidermis, continuous with lesion
Arrowhead: Tumor cells that are uniform, small and round, sometimes with rudimentary duct spaces

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Eccrine spiroadenoma

“Cannonballs in the dermis” composed of small round bland cells. Cords of hyaline pink basement membrane material (arrow).

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Syringoma

Arrow: Small tubules with comma-like tails in the dermis

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Microcystic adnexal carcinoma

Arrow: Horn cysts
Arrowheads: Small pale nests deeply infiltrating the dermis

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Left: Trichilemmal cyst (no granular cell layer, dense “wet” keratin)

Right: Epidermoid cyst (granular cell layer, flaky “dry” keratin)

65
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Dermatofibroma

Arrowheads: Poorly circumscribed blue haze of fibroblasts
Arrow: Overlying prominent and hyperpigmented rete
Inset: Infiltrating cells with small round-to-oval nuclei.

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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Note increased cellularity and prominent storiform architecture

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Neurofibroma

Arrowhead: Poorly defined dermal tumor that is paler than surroundings
Inset: Tapering, undulating nuclei (arrow) and wavy collagen fibers (arrowhead)

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Capillary hemangioma

Note collection of discrete, well-formed and dilated capillaries

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

Arrowheads: Slit-like vascular spaces with bland endothelium
Arrow: Accentuation of spaces around existing vasculature (“promontory sign”)