Dermatopathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ has a characteristic histopathology of "Claw clutching a Ball' appearance

Answer: Lichen nitidus

Flashcard 2: What type of nevus shows lymphocytic infiltration surrounding nevus cells? _____

Answer: Halo nevus

Flashcard 3: _____ giant cells are lipid-containing macrophages, having a central ring of nuclei while the peripheral cytoplasm is clear due to accumulated lipid

Answer: Touton

Flashcard 4: Upward elongation of the dermal papillae, giving an accentuated and sometimes irregular, undulating configuration to the dermal–epidermal junction is known as _____

Answer: papillomatosis

Flashcard 5: _____ nevus is a non-nested dermal infiltration of highly dendritic heavily pigmented nevus cells

Answer: Blue

Flashcard 6: The following image shows malignant epithelial cells in the epidermis of the nipple, which is representative of _____

Answer: Paget's disease

Flashcard 7: The following image shows large cells in the epidermis with a clear halo, which are characteristic of _____ disease

Answer: Paget

Flashcard 8: mitsuda reaction is read at _____ days

Answer: 21

Extra: 

Flashcard 9: Inflammation in _____-myositis is mediated by CD-4+ T cells

Answer: dermato

Flashcard 10: In diabetic dermopathy, histology shows hyperpigmentation of _____ layer of epidermis along with deposition of haemosiderin and melanin in the dermis

Answer: basal