It’s Mnemonic Monday! Subepidermal and pauci-inflammatory disorders
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 …
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”)
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the mutation and clinical manifestations of REED syndrome, also known as familial leiomyomatosis.
Mnemonic:
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Read (aka REED) syndrome
Leiomyomatosis (uterine and cutaneous)
RCC (type II papillary renal cell carcinoma)
Fumarate hydratase (autosomal dominant mutation)
This mnem …