1. Extreme winter weather: A force to be remembered in dermatopathology
- Author
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Katie Dreher, Angela Zaladonis, and Rodrigo Valdes-Rodriguez
- Subjects
Artifact (error) ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Histology ,genetic structures ,Normal tissue ,Dermatology ,equipment and supplies ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Geography ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,medicine ,Dermatopathology ,Cartography ,circulatory and respiratory physiology ,Winter weather - Abstract
It is important for the dermatopathologist to be adept in differentiating tissue artifacts from normal tissue variants and pathologies. Numerous tissue artifacts have been described to date; however, once we are familiar with the common artifacts that appear in our practice, we may not immediately recognize other confounders. For example, dermatopathologists in more temperate regions of the country may not be familiar with freezing artifact. In this case series, we present three common diagnoses in dermatopathology that were obscured by the extreme winter weather that severely impacted the Southern United States in February 2021 and discuss methods to prevent these artifacts.
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- 2021