E-pathology: Dermatopathology
Pathology
Study deck based mostly on chapter 25 of Robbins & Cotran (8th ed) as well as applicable chapters from Rosai & Ackerman (11th ed). Created to study for my Canadian Royal College Anatomical Pathology exam in 2014.
Sample Data
| Front | ddx foreign body-type granulomas in skin biopsy (5) |
| Back | 1. ruptured cyst or follicle2. suture3. injected collagen, silicone, or other cosmetic filler4. metals & minerals: zirconium, aluminum, silica, talc5. tattoo pigment6. endogenous material, ex. urate crystals (gout) |
| Tags | derm |
| Front | clinical & histologic features of syringoma |
| Back | clinicalvery small (mm) papulemost common on eyelidshistologyproliferation of eccrine ductsresemble tadpoles or paisley patternstroma is fibrotic
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| Tags | derm |
| Front | ddx leukocytoclastic vasculitis in a skin biopsy (8) |
| Back | 1. henoch schonlein purpura2. microscopic polyangiitis - primary or secondary3. Churg Strauss4. Wegeners5. cryoglobulinemia6. septic vasculitis (ex. meningococcemia, bacterial endocarditis)7. polyarteritis nodosa (usually larger vessels)8. thrombotic microangiopathy (DIC, TTP, HUS) - thrombi are more prominent than inflammation9. other causes of small vessel thrombosis10. drug hypersensitivity |
| Tags | derm |