1999
Status of residual tumor in patients with squamous cell carcinoma referred for Mohs micrographic surgery.
McGovern T, Grossman D, Fitzgerald D, Glusac E, Leffell D. Status of residual tumor in patients with squamous cell carcinoma referred for Mohs micrographic surgery. JAMA Dermatology 1999, 135: 1557-9. PMID: 10606080, DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.12.1557.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Mycosis Fungoides Palmaris et Plantaris or Acral Pagetoid Reticulosis?
McNiff J, Schechner J, Crotty P, Glusac E. Mycosis Fungoides Palmaris et Plantaris or Acral Pagetoid Reticulosis? American Journal Of Dermatopathology 1998, 20: 271-275. PMID: 9650701, DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199806000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMycosis fungoides palmaris et plantarisWoringer-Kolopp diseasePalmaris et plantarisPagetoid reticulosisEpidermotropic atypical lymphocytesPolymerase chain reaction studiesT-cell receptor betaT-cell clonalityClonal gene rearrangementsEpidermotropic lymphocytesRecurrent plaquesAtypical lymphocytesCutaneous plaquesSuppressor/Dermal infiltrateMycosis fungoidesSystemic diseaseAcral sitesT cellsBiologic potentialHistologic resemblanceIntraepidermal lymphocytesReceptor betaDiseasePlantarisImmunohistologic differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and trichoepithelioma in small cutaneous biopsy specimens
Swanson P, Fitzpatrick M, Ritter J, Glusac E, Wick M. Immunohistologic differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and trichoepithelioma in small cutaneous biopsy specimens. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 1998, 25: 153-159. PMID: 9550314, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01708.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaMost basal cell carcinomasMonoclonal antibody Ber-EP4Squamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaSquamous carcinomaBer-EP4Differential diagnosisBcl-2Metatypical basal cell carcinomaBasaloid squamous cell carcinomaCutaneous biopsy specimensPeroxidase complex methodDiffuse cytoplasmic labelingImmunoreactive tumorsInappropriate surgeryPeritumoral stromaProgressive diseaseBiopsy specimensHistological criteriaCarcinomaTumor typesCD34 antigenTrichoepitheliomaParaffin sections
1997
Evaluation of Classic Architectural Criteria in Non-mycosis Fungoides Cutaneous Lymphomas
Glusac E, Kindel S, Soslow R, Smoller B. Evaluation of Classic Architectural Criteria in Non-mycosis Fungoides Cutaneous Lymphomas. American Journal Of Dermatopathology 1997, 19: 557-561. PMID: 9415610, DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199712000-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT-cell lymphomaB-cell patternB-cell lymphomaLarge cell lymphomaCutaneous lymphomasGrenz zoneSecondary cutaneous B-cell lymphomasRare B-cell lymphomaCutaneous B-cell lymphomaPresence of epidermotropismT cell patternMost B-cell lymphomasDense perivascularCutaneous malignanciesPrevious diagnosisInterstitial patternHistologic patternHistologic criteriaImmunohistochemical studyDeep dermisLymphomaUpper dermisNodular collectionsIndeterminate patternEpidermotropism
1994
T lymphocytes bearing the γ/δ T‐cell receptor in cutaneous lesions of dermatitis herpetiformis
Kell D, Glusac E, Smoller B. T lymphocytes bearing the γ/δ T‐cell receptor in cutaneous lesions of dermatitis herpetiformis. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 1994, 21: 413-418. PMID: 7868753, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1994.tb00282.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma/delta T cell receptorT cell receptorDelta T-cell receptorDermatitis herpetiformisCutaneous lesionsT lymphocytesAlpha/beta T cell receptorGamma/delta T cell subsetGamma/delta T cellsBeta T cell receptorCell receptorPerilesional skin biopsiesSubset of lymphocytesT cell subsetsPositive T lymphocytesDelta T cellsStandard immunoperoxidase techniqueGamma/delta receptorIL-2 receptorGastrointestinal biopsiesInflammatory dermatosesCell subsetsInflammatory conditionsSkin biopsiesT cellsImmunofluorescent analysis of the basement membrane zone in lichen planus suggests destruction of the lamina lucida in bullous lesions
Smoller B, Glusac E. Immunofluorescent analysis of the basement membrane zone in lichen planus suggests destruction of the lamina lucida in bullous lesions. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 1994, 21: 123-128. PMID: 8040461, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1994.tb00246.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasement membrane zoneLichen planusMembrane zoneLymphocytic infiltrateBullous lesionsBullous pemphigoid antigenIntense lymphocytic infiltrateLamina lucida regionPemphigoid antigenNormal staining patternInflammatory dermatosesDermal-epidermal junctionFocal decreasePlanusType IV collagenNormal skinLesionsStaining patternEpidermal junctionImmunofluorescent analysisType VIIInfiltratesIV collagenLamina lucidaAntigen