Interactive Case Study - 09- September 2023
A punch biopsy was obtained from the shin, figs. 1-2.
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Author Profiles
Jill I. Allbritton, MD
Joint Pathology Center
Dr. Allbritton is a Board certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist specializing in vulvar disease.
Michael Lewin-Smith, MD
Environmental Pathology and The Joint Pathology Center
Dr. Lewin-Smith is an ABP Board certified pathologist specializing in Environmental Pathology.
He has over 20 years of experience in the identification of unknown materials in anatomic pathology specimens, primarily using in situ chemical analysis, coupled with conventional light microscopy and histochemistry. His research interests include the histopathology of biomaterials, and metals of military relevance.
Stacy Strausborger, MFS
Joint Pathology Center
Ms. Strausborger is a chemist specializing in analytical chemistry and the in-situ identification of unknown materials. She has 15 years of experience in the field; 10 years working with pathology specimens and 5 years working in industry. Her analytical specialties include scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDXA) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) micro-spectroscopy.Dr. Lewin-Smith is an ABP Board certified pathologist specializing in Environmental Pathology.
Walter L. Rush, MD
Joint Pathology Center
Dr. Rush is Board certified in AP and CP pathology and dermatopathology. He is the section chief of Dermatopathology at the Joint Pathology Center.
Question:
A Painful Indurated Plaque on the Shin
Category
Disorders of Epidermal Maturation. Keratinization
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