I always find it fascinating to observe this entity. The prominent epithelioid cells, devoid of BAP1 nuclear expression, stand in stark contrast to the smaller, banal nevus component, which exhibits retained expression. 😆🔬

BAP1-inactivated melanocytoma

#dermpath #MDACCPath

Just for fun. #BeautyInTheBenign : eccrine sweat glands in a lipoma (adenolipoma of the skin), don’t confuse this #dermpath entity with the more beautiful thyroid adenolipoma or breast adenolipoma. First described by Dr. Hitchcock in 1993 👀 PMID: 8315082 #BSTpath

✅Café-au-lait☕️🥛 macules*
✅Bilateral vestibular schwannomas
✅Multiple meningiomas**
✅Ependymoma***
Case of 23 year old male with a textbook presentation for Neurofibromatosis type 2
*smooth borders ~coast of California, unlike the irregular coast of Maine-like borders in the…

11yo boy, nodule on back, diagnosis?
A) Atypical spitz nevus
B) Epithelioid fibrous histiocytoma
C) Cellular neurothekeoma
D) Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor
#bstpath #dermpath #pathtwitter #pathresidents

Excited to meet our ILCA friends again in Seoul at the annual 대한간암학회 The Korean Liver Cancer Association meeting!

The 2nd ILCA-KLCA joint symposium

Sometimes you get lucky and get a section that’s just right.😌
Check out these 2 cases (same dx) where I got really 🍀.

On left, 55yo F temple. Rule out BCC vs Seb Hyp.

2nd case on right is a 52 yo M Rt nasal ala. “NUB”.

#dermpath #histology #dermatology

HISTORY MADE TONIGHT

Ronel Blanco has thrown the first no-hitter of 2024!!!

Benign 😇or Malignant 😡?
Vascular lesion, post-radiation.
#BSTPath #BreastPath #Dermpath #PathTwitter #PathResidents
🖼️🙏oatext.com/Dropping-the-M…

#Easter Sunday special. 🐣😆🔬

This is what happens when a pathologist prepares an easter egg.

Schiller-Duval body in yolk sac tumor

#pathology #gynpath #gupath #pathart 🎨

Be sure to say hello, grab some sunscreen, chip, sign our strike-through-cancer-wall, and learn about sun safety at the MD Anderson Cancer Center Sun Safety Zone here at PGA TOUR MemorialParkGolfCourse Texas Children’s Houston Open #EndCancer

It's a wrap!

Thank you to all of the wonderful pathologists from around the world who made #USCAP2024 such a lively and inspiring place to be. We loved hosting you and learning from you.

See you next year in Boston!

The beautiful #histology of a Pacinian Corpuscle ~ Concentric fibrous lamellae surrounding a central sensory nerve ending (pink dot in the center). You can even see tiny capillaries in the center and between lamellae. #dermpath #neuroanatomy #anatomy #pathology #PathArt

🔬 Delighted to share our new Modern Pathology study on NRAS-amplified melanocytic tumors! Blending Spitz features with low-CSD genetics, they present challenges for classification. Now available open access!

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.modp…

#DermPath
#PathTwitter
#MelanomaResearch

Linear IgA disease: very classic histology. Subepidermal blister with numerous neutrophils. Linear IgA deposits on DIF. Crown of jewels on exam: erythematous patch with clustered peripheral blisters. In adults, often drug induced #dermtwitter #dermpath #SilviPearls #pathology

TRPS1 expression in non-melanocytic cutaneous neoplasms: An immunohistochemical analysis of 200 cases
Original article by Dr. Yi A. Liu et al.
doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2…
#PathTwitter #dermpath

Now >40 MILLION impressions and going strong! #USCAP2024 USCAP

cc: John Hart, MD Kalyani Bambal Priya Kunju Michigan Pathology #UMichPath #pathology

Merkel cell carcinoma: small metastasis in a lymph node. Very nice cellular contrast on H&E alone. Salt-and-pepper chromatin. #RealLifeDermpath #dermtwitter #dermpath

#slidearchiveseries eosinophilic solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma #gupath #pathtwitter #pathoutpic

🔬 solid and cystic architecture, basophilic intracytoplasmic stippling, and eosinophilic inclusions
🎨 PAX8+, frequently CK20+, usually CK7-/CD117-, majority Cathepsin K+

Juan Jose Sanchez Ramirez Congratulations, Juan Jose Sanchez Ramirez!!! I fondly remember my first USCAP poster presentation as a 2nd-yr resident. It pertained to colon cancers arising in serrated polyps.

I still have that original poster in my home office.

Here's a fun 'how it started/how it's going'😊😊😊