This is a weekly clinicopathological conference attended by Dr. Samuel Moschella, M.D. (Dermatology), Danielle Miller, M.D. (Dermatology), Dr. Artur Zembowicz, M.D. (Dermatopathology), Winnie W. Ooi, M.D. (Infectious Diseases), Harvard Medical School Dermatology Residents and Tufts Medical School Pathology Residents. Contributors to the conference include Members of Dermatology Department of Lahey Clinic including doctors Mollie MacCormack, Caroline Bovona, M.D., Nancy Burnside, M.D., Emily Fisher, M.D., Siobhan Mannion, M.D., Karen McKoy, M.D., Karen Mitchel, M.D., Suzanne Mosher, M.D., Suzanne Olbricht, M.D., Elizabeth Page, M.D., Pauline Reohr, M.D., Maisie Tam, M.D., Laurie Tolman, M.D..
Cases associated with this conference:
68 year old male with suspected psoriasis: a surprise!
Author: Tobi Quinto MD, MPH
Diagnosis: Scabies
Recurrent cutaneous T cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides)
Author: Elizabeth H Page MD
Diagnosis: Cutaneous T cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides)
Inverse psoriasis
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Inverse psoriasis
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Bullous cellulitis
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Bullous celluliitis
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Tinea
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Tinea
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55 year old female with generalized annular rash and strikingly perineural inflammatory infiltrate
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Possible Lyme disease
Chicken or the egg?
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Diagnosis: Sarcoidosis
Classic pemphigus vulgaris in a 26 year old male.
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Pemphigus vulgaris
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Fulminant cryptococcosis involving bacillary angiomatosis an AIDS patient
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Disseminated cryptococcosis.
Hibernian fever
Author: Jessica Scanlon
Diagnosis: Hibernian fever
Untreated variant of leprosy
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Histioid leprosy
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Did you know that silver methamine stain is great for diagnosis of leprosy?
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Lepromatous leprosy
Dermatofibroma with pigmented epidermal hyperplasia - dermoscopic pattern
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Dermatofibroma
Recurrent rash in a patient with known pemphigus foliaceous
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Pemphigus foliaceous
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Natural history of clonal seborrheic keratosis
Author: Emily J Fisher MD
Diagnosis: Clonal seborrheic keratosis
Bullous pemphigoid, urticarial type with one bulla
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Bullous pemphigoid
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Nevus Sebasceous
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Pending
Inflammed keratosis, but what type?
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Inflammed keraotsis
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Livedoid blanching rash with focal arteriolar thrombi
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Pending
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Lentiginous melanoma in situ
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Lentiginous melanoma in situ
Painful non-healing ulcerations
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Subcutaneous thrombotic vasculopathy or early calciphylaxis?
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Research Project :Subcutaneous thrombotic vasculopathy/early calciphylaxis?
Erythema nodosum leprosum as the initial presentation of Hansen's disease
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Borderline lepromatous leprosy w ith acute (erythema nodosum leprosum-like) reaction
Borderline lepromatous leprosy
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Borderline lepromatous leprosy
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Subcutanous thrombotic vasculopathy
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Subcutaneous thrombotic vasculopathy
Research Project :Subcutaneous thrombotic vasculopathy/early calciphylaxis?
53 year old man with a painful single lesion on the back
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Possible fixed drug eruption.
Staphylococcal pyoderma
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Staphylococcal pyoderma
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Annular elastolytic granuloma (O'Brien)
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Annular elastolytic granuloma (O'Brien)
Lichen planopilaris
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Lichen planopilaris
Gout
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Gout
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Pigmented basal carcinoma
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Pigmented basal cell carcinoma
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A long-standing "rash" treated as tinea versicolor for 10 years
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Patch stage mycosis fungoides
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New scalp lesion in an older gentleman with history of squamous cell carcinomas and radiation treatment
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Angiosarcoma
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Perineural dermatitis, possible borderline tuberculoid leprosy
Author: DrSamuel L Moschella MD FACP
Diagnosis: Possible borderline tuberculoid leprosy
Critical clinicopathological correlation necessary for diagnosis
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Borderline tuberuloid leprosy
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Superficial spreading melanoma with dermoscopic features
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Superficial spreading melanoma (Clark's level II) with adnexal involvment.
61 year-old male with skin hemorrhages and twisted hair
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy)
59 year-old diabetic woman with 6 month history of violaceous painful ulcerating nodules on inner thighs
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Subcutaneous thrombotic vasculopathy, possible localized calciphylaxis
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Research Project :Subcutaneous thrombotic vasculopathy/early calciphylaxis?
71 year old female with chronic atopic dermatitis and papules and vesicles
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Eczema herpeticum
28 year old diabetic male with erosions and history of skin fragiligy
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Porphyria or pseudoporphyria, pending laboratory studies.
Classic pernio
Author: Dr. Danielle M Miller Ph.D., M.D., D.T.M.&H.
Diagnosis: Pernio
Classic pityriasis lichenoides and varioliformis acuta (PLEVA)
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Pityriasis lichenoid and varioliformis acuta (PLEVA)
Eythematous papule with incidental wood splinter with dematiaceous fungus
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Pending
Cellular dermatofibroma mimicking dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Author: Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.
Diagnosis: Cellular dermatofibroma