Session Information

CRS C016 - Basic Dermatopathology

Tuition fee and ticket required for admission

Date: Saturday, March 02 - Sunday, March 03

CME Credits: 8.25

Location: Flamingo 4

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Director: Rosalie Elenitsas, MD, FAAD - Handout

Speakers:

Soon Bahrami, MD - Handout
Raymond L. Barnhill, MD, FAAD - Handout
Daniel D. Bennett, MD, FAAD - Handout
Nooshin Ketabchi Brinster, MD, FAAD - Handout
Clay J. Cockerell, MD, FAAD - Handout
Carrie Ann R. Cusack, MD, FAAD - Handout
George W. Elgart, MD, FAAD
Tammie C. Ferringer, MD, FAAD - Handout
Maxwell A. Fung, MD, FAAD - Handout
Lawrence E. Gibson, MD, FAAD - Handout
Jane Margaret Grant-Kels, MD, FAAD - Handout
Antoinette Foote Hood, MD, FAAD
Michael D. Ioffreda, MD, FAAD - Handout
Hideko Kamino, MD - Handout
Rossitza Z. Lazova, MD - Handout
Jason Bok Lee, MD, FAAD - Handout
Carlos H. Nousari, MD, FAAD - Handout
Ronald P. Rapini, MD, FAAD - Handout
Leslie Robinson-Bostom, MD, FAAD - Handout
Adam Rubin, MD, FAAD - Handout
Andras Schaffer, MD - Handout
Michael Tetzlaff, MD, PhD - Handout
Clifton Robert White, Jr., MD, FAAD - Handout

Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:

Recognize the histologic features of common inflammatory dermatoses.
Differentiate the histologic features of the common cutaneous neoplasms.
Demonstrate a solid foundation in basic dermatopathology.

Description:
This session is designed to offer an overview of the histologic features of a wide spectrum of cutaneous inflammatory dermatoses and neoplasms. Criteria used to establish diagnoses and to differentiate among lesions with similar histopathologic features will be reviewed. Pattern analysis will be emphasized. Lectures will be illustrated predominantly with histopathologic photographs. Syllabus material will be provided.

References:

Elder DE, Elenitsas R, Johnson BL, Murphy GF, Xu X. Lever's Histopathology of the Skin. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2009.
Weedon D. Weedon's Skin Pathology 3rd ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2010.
Ackerman AB, Boer A, Bennin B, Gottlieb GG. Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Ardor Scribendi; 2005.

Schedule:

Saturday, March 02
9:00 AM	Introductory Comments / Dr. Elenitsas
9:05 AM	A Method for Histopathologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Disease and Intraepidermal Vesicular Dermatitis / Dr. Hood
9:35 AM	Spongiotic and Psoriasiform Dermatitis / Dr. Bahrami
9:50 AM	Subepidermal Vesicular Dermatitis / Dr. Nousari
10:10 AM	Vacuolar and Lichenoid Dermatitis / Dr. Lee
10:30 AM	Intermission /
10:45 AM	Nodular and Diffuse Dermatitis / Dr. Grant-Kels
11:05 AM	Vasculitis / Dr. Gibson
11:25 AM	Panniculitis / Dr. Robinson-Bostom
11:45 AM	Benign Epithelial Neoplasms and Cysts / Dr. Elenitsas
11:55 AM	Questions and Answers /
12:00 PM	LUNCH /
2:00 PM	Alopecia / Dr. Ioffreda
2:20 PM	Sebaceous Neoplasms / Dr. Lazova
2:35 PM	Lymphoma and Pseudolymphoma / Schaffer
3:00 PM	Eccrine & Apocrine Tumors / Dr. Bennett
3:25 PM	Intermission /
3:40 PM	Fibrohistiocytic Neoplasms / Dr. Kamino
4:00 PM	Nail Histology, Inflammatory and Neoplasms / Dr. Rubin
4:15 PM	Depositions and Dermal Disorders / Dr. Tetzlaff
4:30 PM	Practical Immunoperoxidase Staining / Dr. Ferringer
4:55 PM	Questions and Answers /
Sunday, March 03
2:00 PM	Premalignant and Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms / Dr. Cusack
2:15 PM	Benign Melanocytic Neoplasms / Dr. Barnhill
2:40 PM	Malignant Melanocytic Neoplasms / Dr. Fung
3:05 PM	Neural and Muscle Neoplasms / Dr. White
3:30 PM	Intermission /
3:45 PM	Vascular Neoplasms / Dr. Brinster
4:05 PM	Fat and Osseous Neoplasms / Dr. Cockerell
4:20 PM	Follicular Neoplasms / Dr. Rapini
4:40 PM	Metastatic Neoplasms / Dr. Elgart
4:45 PM	Questions and Answers /