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Dr. Ioffreda: Lichen planopilaris

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Question provided by Dr. Michael D. Ioffreda, M.D.

What is the best diagnosis?

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Dr. Ioffreda: Trichodysplasia of immunosuppression

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Question provided by Dr. Michael D. Ioffreda, M.D.

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding trichodysplasia of immunosuppression?

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Dr. Ioffreda: Rare alopecias: Vitamin D resistant rickets

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Question provided by Dr. Michael D. Ioffreda, M.D.

Which of the following statements regarding atrichia with papular lesions is FALSE?

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Dr. Ioffreda: Alopecia in horizontal sections

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Question provided by Dr. Michael D. Ioffreda, M.D.

Which of the following is NOT considered to be an advantage of evaluating alopecia biopsies by horizontal sections?

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Dr. Ioffreda: In Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Mult...

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Question provided by Dr. Michael D. Ioffreda, M.D.

In Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Multiorgan Syndrome (PAMS),(illustrated below) histopathology of a skin biopsy may resemble all of the following EXCEPT:

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Dr. Gown: Skin biopsy from elderly male patient...

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Question provided by Dr. Alan Gown, M.D.

Skin biopsy from elderly male patient with 3 cm nodule on left temple. The features do not resemble any of the skin primary carcinomas and you consider a cutaneous metastasis.

Based on the results of immunohistochemical pannel illustrated below What is the most likely primary site of this this patient’s tumor?

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Dr. Barnhill: The image below is from 65 year-o...

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Question provided by Dr. Raymond Barnhill, M.D.

Dr. Barnhill: The image below is from 65 year-old man with firm lesion on vertex of scalp (sun-exposed).

Most appropriately you consider a diagnosis of desmoplastic melanoma. Which of the following additional features will be the most helpful to establish this lesion as desmoplastic melanoma. Please choose the most accurate answer below:

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Dr. Barnhill: Spitz nevus and atypical Spitz nevus

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Question provided by Dr. Raymond Barnhill, M.D.

37 year-old female with lesion on buttock

Please choose the most accurate statement about this lesion below:

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Dr. Rabkin: Classification and grading of atypia in melanocytic nevi.

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Question provided by Dr. Michael Rabkin, M.D., Ph.D.

You review two lesions, each with the histological features seen in the following 3 photomicrographs:

In patient A, these features are representative of a lesion measuring 3 mm in diameter. In patient B, they are representative of a lesion measuring 1 cm in diameter. You have no other information about the patient. On the basis of this histology and the available information, what can we say about these patient’s melanoma risk?

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American Board of Pathology SAM from 2012 Dermpedia CME Course

Fri, 06/08/2012 - 06:34 — Artur Zembowicz M.D. Ph.D.

Questions:	50
Attempts allowed:	5
Opens:	08/27/2012 - 23:00
Closes:	04/29/2014 - 23:00
Pass rate:	75 %
Backwards navigation:	Forbidden

Everybody can take the test but only participants of 2012 Course: Melanoma Update, Critical & Urgent Diagnoses and Alopecia should claim American Board of Pathology Maintainance of Certification Self-Assessment Credits (SAMs). SAMs are provided by Community Medical Centers in Fresno, CA.

Community Medical Centers has been approved by the American Board of Pathology to provide Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs). SAMs are a specific form of Category 1 CME required by the ABP as part of its Maintenance of Certification Program.

The test questions cover 10 hours of instruction at the Course, so successful participants can claim 10 SAM Credits.

All questions are based on the presentations delivered at the Course included in Course Materials. If you have not downloaded the Course Materials yet, the are available from www.dermatopathologyconsultations.com/education

70% of questions must be answered correctly in order to claim the credit.

Please review the questions carefully and review your notes and the Course Materials before answering each question as only 5 attempts will be allowed.

Number of Questions: 50

This quiz only allows 5 attempts. Anonymous users can only access quizzes that allows an unlimited number of attempts.

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Dr. Rabkin's Conference

Michael S. Rabkin, M.D., Ph.D. is the owner and director of Rabkin Dermatopathology Laboratory, P.C. in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rabkin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, and received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1984. He then trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Utah, where he worked with Dr.

Cases associated with this conference:

Scottsdale 2012 Didactic Session II Lecture #8 Case Vignettes 1
Author: Michael Rabkin M.D., Ph.D.