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Case Number : Case 3069 - 12 April 2022 Posted By: Uma Sundram

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11 year old female with lesion on cheek.


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Dusty cytoplasm, fascicular growth, bland cytology, no mitotic activity. favor DPN, would use beta-catenin for confirmation.

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Mohamed khaled

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DPN

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Mohamed khaled

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24 minutes ago, Shawn said:

Dusty cytoplasm, fascicular growth, bland cytology, no mitotic activity. favor DPN, would use beta-catenin for confirmation.

Concur

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Chirag Desai

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9 hours ago, Mohamed khaled said:

DPN

Can it have multinucleated giant cells? 

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Chirag Desai

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Can DPN have multinucleated giant cells? Sorry for my ignorance; have just seen one case in the past

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Mohamed khaled

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8 hours ago, Chirag Desai said:

Can DPN have multinucleated giant cells? Sorry for my ignorance; have just seen one case in the past

Although it is not common finding, multinucleated cells are reported in DPN 

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Chirag Desai

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13 hours ago, Mohamed khaled said:

Although it is not common finding, multinucleated cells are reported in DPN 

thanks

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Chirag Desai

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10 hours ago, Uma Sundram said:

Deep penetrating nevus.

how do we differentiate this lesion from cellular blue nevus?

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13 hours ago, Chirag Desai said:

how do we differentiate this lesion from cellular blue nevus?

Cellular blue nevus: look for adjacent common blue nevus component, lacks nuclear beta-catenin staining, less dusty cytoplasm.

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Chirag Desai

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7 hours ago, Shawn said:

Cellular blue nevus: look for adjacent common blue nevus component, lacks nuclear beta-catenin staining, less dusty cytoplasm.

Ok, Thanks a lot for the explanation. 

 

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