Dermatopathology: Masters of Pathology Series – Enhance Your Diagnostic Skills

This comprehensive online CME course covers a broad range of topics in dermatopathology, focusing on both neoplastic and inflammatory diseases. Expert presenters delve into practical issues, diagnostic challenges, and emerging entities, ensuring you’re equipped to tackle complex cases with confidence.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the broad spectrum of neoplastic and inflammatory diseases in dermatopathology
• Diagnose challenging entities with more confidence
• Better understand the use of ancillary tests
• Use clinical information appropriately to form a differential diagnosis and a preferred diagnosis
• Describe the differential diagnosis
• Identify the clinical implications of individual entities

Intended Audience

This educational activity is designed for practicing pathologists seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in dermatopathology.

Comprehensive Topics and Speakers

• Melanocytic Neoplasms
  • How to Spot Melanocytic Nevi Pretending to be Melanoma (Thomas Brenn, MD, PhD, FRCPath)
  • Lentigo Maligna Melanoma (Klaus Busam, MD)
  • Desmoplastic Melanoma (Klaus Busam, MD)
  • Nevoid Melanoma (Klaus Busam, MD)
• Molecular Testing and Immunohistochemistry
  • Making Sense of Molecular Testing for Melanocytic Tumors (Aleodor Andea, MD, MBA)
  • Application of Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnosis of Melanocytic Tumors (Aleodor Andea, MD, MBA)
• Spitz Neoplasms and Skin Tumors
  • The Spectrum of Spitz Neoplasms (Aleodor Andea, MD, MBA)
  • Skin Tumors with Follicular Differentiation (Katharina Wiedemeyer, MD)
  • Skin Adnexal Tumors with Sebaceous Differentiation (Katharina Wiedemeyer, MD)
• Sweat Gland Tumors and Epidermal Tumors
  • What to Do in the Face of Difficult Sweat Gland Tumors (Thomas Brenn, MD, PhD, FRCPath)
  • Epidermal Tumors and Merkel Cell Carcinoma (Paul Harms, MD, PhD)
• Cutaneous Lymphomas and Fibrohistiocytic Tumors
  • Updates in Cutaneous B-cell Lymphomas (Alejandro Ariel Gru, MD)
  • Cutaneous Fibrohistiocytic Tumors (Jason Hornick, MD, PhD)
• Vascular Tumors and Alopecia
  • Vexing Vascular Tumors (Steve Billings, MD)
  • Practical Approach to Alopecia (Karen Naert, MD, and Charlene Hunter, MD)
• Infectious Diseases and Inflammatory Dermatoses
  • Non-Infective Mimics of Cutaneous Infections Disease (Wayne Grayson, MBChB, PhD, FCPath(SA))
  • Challenging Inflammatory Dermatoses (May Chan, MD)
• Autoimmune Blistering Diseases and Vasculitis
  • Subepithelial Autoimmune Blistering Diseases (Julia Lehman, MD, FAAD)
  • Vasculitis (Steve Billings, MD)

Date of Original Release: March 15, 2023 | Date Credits Expire: March 14, 2026