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Depth of invasion of melanoma

vs.

Depth of invasion of SCC
Breslow thickness
Surface of the epithelium (discounting the keratin layer)


SCC: adjacent basement membrane of the closest dermal papilla
Cervix from prolapsed uterus
Cervix from prolapsed uterus
Endocervical tunnel clusters!
Benign mimic of adeno
Bland
Lobular architecture
Give the classic locations for the following cysts:
Bartholin
Skene
Gartner
Bartholin: 4 & 8:00 introitus, mucinous
Skene: paraurethral
Gartner: lateral vag wall, simple columnar
BerEp4 & B72.3
+ in adeno, - in mesothelioma
nuclear beta-catenin in a pancreatic neoplasm
abnormal Wnt signaling pathway
SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY NEOPLASM

(endocrine and ductal neoplasms will have membranous staining)
IHC to PCP detects what forms?
Cysts AND trophs
Skin nodule
+ PAX5, CD99, chromo/synapto
+ punctate perinuclear CK20
- CK7
Merkel cell carcinoma
another name for AMACR
p504s. + in prostatic neoplasms
+ CK, p63 lesional cells
+ CD3, CD1a, TdT, CD99 lymphs

What if also CD5 & ckit+?
thymoma


CD5 & ckit are markers for thymic carcinoma
CK7-
CK20-
CAM5.2+
PAX2+
TTF1-
CDX2-
CEA-

variations?
RCC

(PAX2 does not stain chromophobe)
(chromophobe & papillary RCC are CK7+)
Primary HCC stains how:
CK7, CK20, AE1/AE3, Cam5.2, pCEA, HepPar1

How is fibrolamellar variant different?
CK7-
CK20-
focal AE1/AE3
Cam5.2+
pCEA + canalicular
HepPar1+

(fibrolamellar variant is CK7+)
Phenotype of PEComas?

CK
S100
SMA
MelanA
HMB45
tyrosinase
?
CK -
S100 -
SMA +
MelanA +
HMB45 +
tyrosinase + (50%)
What are the limitations of using AEC as a chromogen?
It is alcohol soluble and must have an aqueous medium for cover slipping

DAB is preferred, it is alcohol insoluble and forms a brown pigment, but may be a carcinogen
Most sensitive IHC in MPNST?
Collagen IV
IHC nephrogenic adenoma
AMACR, PAX2
Patient population and tumor type of lung cancers with activating EGFR mutations
Female
Non-smoker
Adenocarcinoma
prognostic groups in neuroblastoma
Good px:
Hyperdiploidy, no structural chromosomal abnormalities, expression of Trka neurotrophin receptor

Unfavorable:
Diploid, -1p, -11q, +17q, MYCN amplification

Kids < 1 better px unless MYCN amplification
ASPL-TFE3 gene fusion see in what 2 tumors?
Alveolar soft part sarcoma
Xp11.2 renal cortical tumors

t(x;17)
Fli1 chromosome
11
Name 5 tumors with t(11;22)
Ewings/PNET
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor
Clear cell sarcoma of soft parts
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma
Myxoid liposarcoma (rarely)
Genes involved in alveolar RMS?
t(2;13)
PAX3-FOXOA1 (FKHR)
high risk subgroup
55%

t(1:13)
PAX7-FOXOA1 (FKHR)
Favorable group
22%
can be amplified as double minutes
name the cardiomyopathy:
1. dilation of all 4 chambers

2. Hypertrophic septum

3. Thin RV replaced by fat

4. bilateral dilation of atria
1. dilated CM
- large, flabby heart, viral/EtOH/pp/drug

2. hypertrophic CM
- sudden death; haphazard array of myocytes; loose ground substance

3. Arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia
- young adults sudden death; familial

4. Restrictive CM
- #1 ww: endomyocardial fibrosis (kids, tropics)
- US: amyloid, hemochromatosis
2 syndromes with cardiac myxomas
Carney syndrome
TS
cardiac section
cardiac section
aschoff nodule

Anitschkow cell: caterpillar nucleus!
aschoff nodule

Anitschkow cell: caterpillar nucleus!
Libman sacks endocarditis
BOTH sides of valve
fibrinoid necrosis with lots of POLYS

SLE
Cardiac myxomas usually occur in the ______ unless associated with a familial syndrome in which case they more commonly occur in the ________
LA

RA
DDx eos in the heart
Toxo
CMV
drug
Diseases that recur after cardiac transplant
sarcoid
chagas
giant cell myocarditis
amyloid
Fabry
Best stain for cardiac myxoma vs sarcoma?
calretinin (+ in myxoma)
ignore the glands. what is the name for these bodies, and where are they seen?
ignore the glands. what is the name for these bodies, and where are they seen?
Gamna Gandy bodies

formed by calcific elastic fiber degeneration with hemosiderosis

Seen in atrial myxomas, and spleen, associated with cardiac congestion and sickle cell anemia.
What cardiac tumor is associated with extramedullary hematopoiesis?
myxoma, 10%
most sensitive marker for angiosarc
CD31
small vessel vasculitides
HSP
Wegeners
Churg Strauss
MPA
Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis
name the classic association in these medium-vessel vasculitides
Giant cell arteritis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Thromboangiitis obliterans
Takayasu
Giant cell arteritis - polymyalgia rheumatica
Polyarteritis nodosa - HBV
Thromboangiitis obliterans - smoking
Takayasu - aortic root dilation
Which vasculitis is treated with intravenous gamma globulin?
Kawasaki disease is an inflammatory disease of the large, medium, and small arteries and affects children younger than 4 years of age. The major risk is the development of coronary artery aneurysm formation with subsequent rupture or thrombosis and possible sudden death. Intravenous gamma globulin is the treatment of choice for preventing coronary artery aneurysm formation and is used in conjunction with aspirin.
Most common primary cardiac sarcoma?

cardiac sarcoma most likely to involve valve?
Angiosarcoma; RA; TP53 mut

rhabdomyosarcoma; KRAS mutation
#1 cause of pulmonary-renal syndrome?
ANCA disease (55%)

(anti-GBM disease 5%
What type of steatosis is seen in Reyes syndrome, and what is the causative agent?
Microvesicular. Also classically seen in HAART therapy

Aspirin
What drug classically shows hepatocellular necrosis with inflammation? Antidote?
Acetaminophen

N-acetylcysteine
Ring granuloma
Q fever (rickettsial illness with coxiella)
Name the gene:
HCC
Cholangiocarcinoma
Liver cell adenoma
Alagille
HCC: p53

Cholangioca: Kras, c-myc

LCA: HNF-1a

Alagille: Jagged-1
Victoria blue or rhodamine stain of liver
Excess copper in liver cells:

Wilson's disease
Chronic biliary diseases such as PSC, late state PBC

Also HBV
What are Mallory bodies composed of?
constitutively ubiquitinated cytokeratins 8&18 & other byproducts of cellular stress

can be seen in ASH, NASH, Wilson's....
What liver cell makes fibrosis
stellate cell, aka Ito cell, lipocyte

Major vitamin A storage; located in space of disse.
Transform to activated myofibroblast cells that make collagen, and then they stain for SMA
Megamitochondria are seen in?
alcoholic liver disease
what condition has string of beads on radiology and has 10% risk of cholangiocarcinoma?
PSC
name 2 syndromes that can have pancreatoblastoma
Beckwith Weidemann
FAP
Ranson criteria at presentation

48h
Age, WBC, glucose, LDH, AST

hct, BUN, Ca, base deficit, edema, O2 sat
what forms of PCP can be seen on slides?

virulence?
Cysts - classically
Can see trophs on Diff-Quik with oil immersion

Trops attach to type 1 pneumocytes
What cell type covers most of the surface area of the lung?

What cell type can replicate in lung injury?

What cell type makes surfactant and therefore has lamellar bodies on EM?
Type 1 pneumocytes cover 97% surface area of the lung, though they are less in number overall

Type 2 pneumocytes are rounded and larger, and can replicate into Type 1 pneumocytes. They make up 60% alveolar cells. Type 2 secretes surfactant, and has lamellar bodies on EM. MUC1 stains Type 2.
Associations with avascular necrosis
long term steroid use
deep sea diving
hemoglobinopathies
EtOH
Gaucher
cytokeratins expressed in synovial sarcoma?

adamantinoma?
CK8 & 18

CK14 & 19
What GYN tumor is associated with enchondromatosis?
Juvenile granulosa cell
Vulvar lesion
Painless
+ vimentin, desmin, ER, PR, CD34
Vulvar lesion
Painless
+ vimentin, desmin, ER, PR, CD34
Angiomyofibroblastoma

Tumor cells are concentrated around vessels
Mast cells common
10cm vulvar lesion

+SMA, ER, PR, CD34. desmin
10cm vulvar lesion

+SMA, ER, PR, CD34. desmin
Aggressive angiomyxoma

Stellate cells, loose matrix, prominent vasculature
what cytokine is responsible for causing pulmonary fibrosis?
TGF-B
muscle biopsy
muscle biopsy
Polymyositis

ENDOMYSIAL inflammation with CD8+ Tcells
muscle biopsy

what to worry about?
muscle biopsy

what to worry about?
Dermatomyositis
PERIMYSIAL inflammation with CD4+ Tcells
also has perfascicular atrophy

40% associated with paraneoplastic syndrome!
muscle biopsy
muscle biopsy
inclusion body myositis
~ polymyositis in many ways
Major difference between myositis and muscular dystrophies?
In muscular dystrophy, inflammation is associated with NECROTIC FIBERS
Muscle biopsy
Muscle biopsy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Endo & perimysial fibrosis
Atrophy & hypertrophy = size var
Necrotic fibers
“Hyaline fibers”: large, dark, glassy
Increased internal nuc
Muscle biopsy
Muscle biopsy
Ragged red fibers of mitochondrial myopathy

MERRF (myoclonus epilepsy with RR fibers)
MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis & stroke)
Kearns-Sayre syndrome