It’s Mnemonic Monday! Trichorrhexis Nodosa
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember conditions associated with trichorrhexis nodosa with the following mnemonic:
TNN-MATCH
TN-Trichorrhexis nodosa
N-Netherton
M-Menkey’s kinky hair
A-Arginosuccinic aciduria
T-Trichothiodystrophy
C-Citrullinemia
H-Hair
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember conditions associated with trichorrhexis nodosa with the following mnemonic:
TNN-MATCH
TN-Trichorrhexis nodosa
N-Netherton
M-Menkey’s kinky hair
A-Arginosuccinic aciduria
T-Trichothiodystrophy
C-Citrullinemia
H-Hair
Click HERE to download or print your mnemonic card.
Study More!
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the major diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type I with the following mnemonic:
Chase Bank LOANS
C- Café-au-lait spots
B- Bony abnormalities (sphenoid wing dysplasia, pseudoarthrosis, sphenoid dysplasia, scoliosis)
L- Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
O-Optic glioma
A- Axillary/inguinal freckling (Crowe’s sign … 
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember stains for Mast cells.
"GIMME TO YOUR LEDER"
Giemsa
Toluidine blue
Leder
Remember "rub me and take me to your Leder" as a mnemonic to remember that Leder stain still works after Darier's sign is induced (after de-granulation of mast cells). Side note: Not all stains are included here. Ex: tryptase and c-kit would also stain mast … 
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember immunohistochemical markers for paget cells in Extramammary Paget’s Disease with the following mnemonic:
"EXTRA GROSS LOVE PASSES CANCER"
Extra- Extramammary Paget’s Disease
Gross- Gross cystic disease fluid protein 15 (GCDFP-15)
LOVE- Low molecular weight cytokeratins
PASses- Period acid-Schiff (PAS)
CANCER- CEA
The wo … 
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the list of subepidermal and pauci-inflammatory disorders in dermatopathology:
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
Epidermolysis bullousa acquisita (EBA)
Toxic epidermal necrolysis/Stevens-Johnson syndrome (TEN/SJS)
Bullous pemphigoid
Cicatricial pemphigoid
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Bullous lupus erythematosus (think “SLE”)
Linear IgA bu … 