Skin Growths – Friday Pop Quiz 7/5
A 40-year-old woman presented to clinic for evaluation of multiple “skin growths” on her face, hands and gums that had increased in number over the past 10 years. Her past medical history was remarkable for invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast, multiple colon polyps, a benign thyroid nodule and uterine fibroids. Classic phenotypic features of this disease include all of the followi …
A 40-year-old woman presented to clinic for evaluation of multiple “skin growths” on her face, hands and gums that had increased in number over the past 10 years. Her past medical history was remarkable for invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast, multiple colon polyps, a benign thyroid nodule and uterine fibroids. Classic phenotypic features of this disease include all of the followi … 
What is the best description of the histopathology expected for the border of the lesion seen here?
A. Regular elongated rete ridges with superficial small vessels
B. Epidermal spongiosis with atypical lymphocytes spreading into the epidermis
C. Perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate with prominent eosinophils
D. Hyperplasia of the superficial epidermis
E. Parakeratosis in a column … 