Pigmented Spindle Cell Nevus (Reed Nevus)

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Pigmented Spindle Cell Nevus (Reed Nevus)

 Typically show hyperchromatic-staining nuclei with small nucleoli  Cytoplasm with prominent melanin pigmentation • Atypical Reed nevus  Often larger, more cellular lesions  Increased mitotic activity, especially in junctional component Top Differential Diagnoses…

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma (and Variants)

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Squamous Cell Carcinoma (and Variants)

 Malignant epithelial tumor of squamous keratinocytes Etiology/Pathogenesis • Most cases are related to UV radiation • Previous radiation therapy implicated in some cases; usually associated with more aggressive SCC Clinical Issues • Often…

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Fibromatosis

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Fibromatosis

 4-6% of Caucasian adults > 50 years of age • Deep fibromatosis  2.40-4.43 new cases per 100,000 persons/year • Recurrences common for both superficial and deep fibromatoses, but deaths only from deep…

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Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

 Multicentricity at presentation likely represents locoregional metastases • Treatment: Wide surgical excision with negative margins • Indolent clinical course in majority of cases • Metastases in 20-30% • Overall mortality rate of 10-20%  High-risk…

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Trichoepithelioma

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Trichoepithelioma

 Superficial folliculocystic structures and calcifications  Deeper infiltrative-appearing cords and small islands in densely fibrotic stroma Top Differential Diagnoses • Basal cell carcinoma • Microcystic adnexal carcinoma • Trichoblastoma • Trichoadenoma • Sebaceoma Clinical Photograph of…

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Cylindroma

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Cylindroma

 Can have areas indistinguishable from cylindroma  Usually encapsulated  Tumor stroma has prominent vasculature • Malignant cylindroma/cylindrocarcinoma • Basal cell carcinoma  Peripheral palisading with tumor-stroma retraction • Trichoblastoma  Tumor lobule surrounded by fibroblastic stroma;…

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Rhabdomyoma

Apr 24, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Rhabdomyoma

 Adult, fetal, and genital types Etiology/Pathogenesis • No association with tuberous sclerosis (unlike cardiac type) • Some fetal rhabdomyomas associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin syndrome) Clinical Issues • Fetal type:…

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