Dermatopathology Fellowship

Trainee Scholarly Activity


Menge TD
, Durgin JS, Hrycaj SM, Brent AA, Patel RM, Harms PW, Fullen DR, Chan MP, Bresler SC. Utility of GLI1 RNA chromogenic in situ hybridization in distinguishing basal cell carcinoma from histopathologic mimics. Mod Pathol 2023;36(10):100265.

Saleh JS, Whittington CP, Bresler SC, Patel RM. Cutaneous vascular tumors: an updated review. Hum Pathol. 2023 Apr 12:S0046-8177(23)00083-7. Online ahead of print.

Saleh JS, Whittington CP, Bresler SC, Patel RM. Mesenchymal tumours with melanocytic expression: a potential pitfall in the differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Pathology 2023;55(2):258-68.

Bitar C, Menge TD, Chan MP. Cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus: a practical clinicopathological review for pathologists. Histopathology 2022;80(1):233-50.

Huang YY, Hrycaj SM, Chan MP, Stagner AM, Patel RM, Bresler SC. PRAME expression in junctional melanocytic proliferations of the conjunctiva: A potential biomarker for primary acquired melanosis/conjunctival melanocytic intraepithelial lesions. Am J Dermatopathol 2022;44(10):734-40.

Salari B, Joseph M, Eshaq M, Lowe L, Fullen DR. Unusual drug reaction with features of colchicine toxicity in a patient on colchicine and allopurinol. J Cutan Pathol 2022;49(11):938-42.

Zoumberos NA, McMullen E, Wang L, Wang X, Harms KL, Tejasvi T, Chan MP, Fullen DR, Hristov AC, Harms PW. Merkel cell carcinoma arising in association with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: A potential diagnostic pitfall. J Cutan Pathol 2019;46(3):199-203.

Bitar C, Chan MP. Connective tissue diseases in the skin: Emerging concepts and updates on molecular and immune drivers of disease. Surg Pathol Clin 2021;14(2):237-49.

Bitar C, Hile G, Brown NA, Fullen DR, Lowe L, Tejasvi T, Wilcox RA, Harms PW, Chan MP, Bresler SC, Hristov AC. Immunophenotypic switch in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: A series of three cases and review of the literature. J Cutan Pathol 2021;48(7):986-94.

Bitar C, Chan MP, Harms PW, Fullen DR, Gudjonsson JE, Eshaq M, Renati S, Nikle AB, Allen A, Hawkins SD, Huerta T, Lowe L, Andea AA: Cutaneous manifestations of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients: a report of six cases with clinicopathologic features and viral RNA in situ hybridization. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020;34(11):e656-9.

Alomari AK, Miedema JR, Carter MD, Harms PW, Lowe L, Durham AB, Fullen DR, Patel RM, Hristov AC, Chan MP, Wang M, Andea AA. DNA copy number changes correlate with clinical behavior in melanocytic neoplasms: proposal of an algorithmic approach. Mod Pathol 2020;33(7):1307-17.

Zahn J, Chan MP, Wang G, Patel RM, Andea AA, Bresler SC, Harms PW. Altered Rb, p16, and p53 expression is specific for porocarcinoma relative to poroma. J Cutan Pathol 2019;46(9):659-64.

Wang GY, Thomas DG, Davis JL, Ng T, Patel RM, Harms PW, Betz BL, Schuetze SM, McHugh JB, Horvai AE, Cho SJ, Lucas DR. EWSR1-NFATC2 Translocation-associated sarcoma clinicopathologic findings in a rare aggressive primary bone or soft tissue tumor. Am J Surg Pathol 2019;43(8):1112-22.

Chen SJT, Tse JY, Harms PW, Hristov AC, Chan MP. Utility of CD123 immunohistochemistry in differentiating lupus erythematosus from cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Histopathology 2019;74(6):908-16.

Wang ML, Chan MP. Comparative analysis of chilblain lupus erythematosus and idiopathic perniosis: histopathologic features and immunohistochemistry for CD123 and CD30. Am J Dermatopathol 2018;40(4):265-71.

Chen S, Boyer D, Hristov AC. Primary cutaneous composite lymphomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2018;142(11):1352-7.

Smith EH, Chan MP. Inflammatory dermatopathology for general surgical pathologists. Clin Lab Med 2017;37(3):673-96.

Chen SJT, Patel RM, Hans CP, Chan MP, Fullen DR. Superficial papular neuroma: case series of a new entity. J Cutan Pathol 2017;44(9):757-62.

Wang GY, Nazarian RM, Zhao L, Hristov AC, Patel RM, Fullen DR, Chan MP. Protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5) expression in benign cutaneous mesenchymal, histiocytic, and melanocytic lesions: comparison with cellular neurothekeoma. Pathology 2017;49(1):44-9.

Smith EH, Lowe L, Harms PW, Fullen DR, Chan MP. Immunohistochemical evaluation of p16 expression in cutaneous histiocytic, fibrohistiocytic, and undifferentiated lesions. J Cutan Pathol 2016;43(8):671-8.

Smith EH, Lan TH, Jo VY, Fullen DR, Chan MP. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in a patient with Cowden syndrome: revisiting the PTEN and PDGF pathways. Am J Dermatopathol 2015;38:e40-3.

Vincent JG, Chan MP. Specificity of dermal mucin in the diagnosis of lupus erythematosus: comparison with other dermatitides and normal skin. J Cutan Pathol 2015;42(10):722-9.

Arps DP, Chan MP, Patel RM, Andea AA. Primary cutaneous cribriform carcinoma: report of six cases with clinicopathologic data and immunohistochemical profile. J Cutan Pathol 2015;42(6):379-87.

Arps DP, Fullen DR, Chan MP. Atypical umbilical naevi: histopathologic analysis of 20 cases. Histopathology 2015;66(3):363-9.

Ha Lan TT, Chen SJ, Arps DP, Fullen DR, Patel RM, Siddiqui J, Carskadon S, Palanisamy N, Harms PW. Expression of the p40 isoform of p63 has high specificity for cutaneous sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma relative to histologic mimics. J Cutan Pathol 2014;41:831-8.

Arps DP, Chen S, Fullen DR, Hristov AC. Selected inflammatory imitators of mycosis fungoides: histologic features and utility of ancillary studies. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2014;138(10):1319-27.

Dandekar M, Lowe L, Fullen DR, Johnson TM, Sabel MS, Wong SL, Patel RM. Discordance in histopathologic evaluation of melanoma sentinel lymph node biopsy with clinical follow-up: Results from a prospectively collected database. Ann Surg Oncol 2014;21(11):3406-11.

Arps DP, Harms PW, Chan MP, Fullen DR. Rosette-like structures in the spectrum of spitzoid tumors. J Cutan Pathol 2013;40:788-95.

Arps DP, Chow C, Lowe L, Chan MP. Follicular psoriasis. J Cutan Pathol 2013;40(10):859+60-62.

Hocker TL, Fox MC, Kozlow JH, Gonzalez JV, Shwayder TA, Lowe L, Chan MP. Malignant melanoma arising in the setting of epidermolysis bullosa simplex: An important distinction from epidermolysis bullosa nevus. JAMA Dermatol 2013;149(10):1195-8.

Harms PW, Patel RM, Verhagen ME, Giordano TJ, Nash KT, Johnson CN, Daignault S, Thomas DG, Gudjonnson JE, Elder JT, Dlugosz AA, Johnson TM, Fullen DR, Bichakjian CK. Distinct gene expression profiles of viral- and nonviral-associated Merkel cell carcinoma revealed by transcriptome analysis. J Invest Dermatol 2013;133:936-45.

Yu L, Harms PW, Pouryazdanparast P, Kim DSL, Ma L, Fullen DR. Expression of the embryonic morphogen Nodal in cutaneous melanocytic lesions. Mod Pathol 2010;23:1209-14.

Fortna RR, Gudjonsson JE, Seidel G, Dicostanzo D, Jacobson M, Patel RM. Persistent pruritic papules and plaques: a characteristic histopathologic presentation seen in a subset of patients with adult-onset and juvenile Still’s disease. J Cutan Pathol 2010;37:932-7.

Olsen SH, Su, LD, Thomas D, Fullen DR. Telomerase expression in sebaceous lesions of the skin. J Cutan Pathol 2007;34:386-91.