BULLOUS DISORDERS & MALIGNANT CUTANEOUS TUMORS

Mar
2004
Vol. 23. No. 1

Introduction

DESPITE THE STUNNING ACHIEVEMENTS and the promise afforded by all things concerning our genes and theirĀ  transcribed proteins, such time-honored technologies as histology and the principle of clinico-pathologic correlation endure today in the practice of dermatology as it did nearly 100 years ago. Shapes, colors, and the pattern evoked by pathologic change in histologic sections of tissue captivate not only our visual sense, they prevail as both the fundamental method of diagnostic discernment and the forerunner of pathogenic assignment. The practice and practicality of dermatopathology as forged by the likes of Helwig, Lever, and Ackerman will continue to thrive into the foreseeable future.

Bullous Disorders & Malignant Cutaneous Tumors, Introduction

Michael Brandon Morgan, MD

DESPITE THE STUNNING ACHIEVEMENTS and the promise afforded by all things concerning our genes and their transcribed proteins, such time-honored technologies as histology and the principle of clinico-pathologic correlation endure today in the practice of dermatology as it did nearly 100 years ago.

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The Intraepidermal Blistering Conditions

Mayra Cassandra, DO | Michael Brandon Morgan, MD

The intraepidermal vesiculobullous disorders constitute a wide variety of pathogenically unrelated disorders that share in common the formation of cleft or bullae formation within the epithelium.

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Subepidermal Blistering Disorders: A Clinical and Histopathologic Review

Ewa Kolanko, MS | Kelly Bickle, MD | Connie Keehn, MD | L Frank Glass, MD

The subepidermal blistering disorders are comprised of a number of unrelated disorders with a diverse clinical presentation and pathogenic basis that share in common the presence of blister formation beneath the epidermis. Many of the disorders are both debilitating and potentially fatal.

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The Miscellaneous Blistering Disorders

Michael Brandon Morgan, MD | Thi Tran, DO | Matt Muelenhoff, DO | Sadia Saeed, MD

Historically, the classification of the blistering disorders has been arbitrarily assigned by common clinical features (ie, vesicle, bullae), etiologic factors (ie, infectious, immunologic), or histologic parameters (ie, intraepidermal and subepidermal).

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The Pustular Disorders

Anne Wilkerson, MD | Bruce Smoller, MD

VESICULOBULLOUS DERMATOSES are a group of disorders resulting in vesicle or bulla formation within the epidermis or within the dermoepidermal junction.

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