Michael Brandon Morgan

Guest Editor for the following articles:

Mar
2004
Vol. 23. No. 1

Eczema and the Spongiotic Dermatoses: A Histologic and Pathogenic Update

Michael Brandon Morgan, MD | Sadia Saeed, MD | Greg Houck, DO | Lex Stevens, MD

The spongiotic dermatoses including eczema and its clinicopathologic variants are capable of presenting in a variety of clinical guises and are pathologically defined by the presence of epithelial intercellular edema that may rarely form blisters.

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Mar
2004
Vol. 23. No. 1

Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Clinical, Histopathologic, and Immunohistochemical Review

Jane L Messina, MD | Kelly Bickle, MD | Kristin Siegrist, MS | L Frank Glass, MD | Neil A Fenske, MD

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive neoplasm, with about 400 cases diagnosed in the United States each year. Among the cutaneous derived neoplasms, it is the most deadliest, with a higher mortality rate than melanoma.

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Mar
2004
Vol. 23. No. 1

Sebaceous Carcinoma and the T-Antigen

Ashraf M Hassanein, MD, PhD

SEBACEOUS CARCINOMAS (SC) is an uncommon neoplasm differentiating toward adnexal epithelium of sebaceous glands.

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Mar
2004
Vol. 23. No. 1

Oncocytic Metaplasia Occurring in Melanoma

Michael Brandon Morgan, MD | Debra M Jih, MD | Jonathan Bliss, MD | Ralph Tuthill, MD | Stephen C Somach, MD

ONCOCYTIC METAPLASIA, sometimes referred to as oncocytosis or oncocytic differentiation, is a cellular change histologically characterized by the presence of finely granular eosinophilic cytoplasm resulting from an increased number of mitochondria.

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