Dermatopathology

Dermatopathology comes to life!

Citation: Kittler H. Dermatopathology comes to life! [editorial]. Dermatol Pract conc. 2012;2(1):1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0201a01. Copyright: ©2012 Kittler. this is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Pediatric dermatopathology: an overview.

Dermatopathology is a subspecialty of pathology and dermatology involving correlation of clinical information with microscopic observations of skin biopsies to provide diagnostic information. Pediatric dermatology is a subspecialty of dermatology for which specific points need to be known for evaluating and managing skin disorders in children. The histopathological approach and other important ...

Molecular Dermatopathology in Malignant Melanoma

At present, immunohistochemistry is taken for granted in the establishment of malignant melanoma (MM) diagnosis. In recent years, molecular diagnosis in dermatopathology has benefited from a vast array of advances in the fields of genomics and proteomics. Sensitive techniques are available for detecting specific DNA and RNA sequences by molecular hybridization. This paper intends to update meth...

International Board Certification in Dermatopathology: a worldwide effort to raise standards in dermatopathology.

Dermatopathology Cytokeratin expression in pilonidal sinus

Background Pilonidal sinus (PS) is considered to belong in the category of follicular occlusion diseases (acne triad). Objectives The aim of our study was to elucidate the pathogenesis of PS by evaluating its cytokeratin (CK) expression. Methods CK expression in nine cases of PS was studied immunohistochemically using six antikeratin antibodies. Results Infundibular-like epithelium contained CK...