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Impact Of Delayed Dermatology Consultation On Inpatient Care, Andrew S. Kao, Andrew D. King, Redina Bardhi, Meghan Mansour, Steven Daveluy

Medical Student Research Symposium

Introduction: Dermatology consultation for inpatient skin disorders enhances care by changing diagnoses, management plans, and reducing length of stay. Our goal is to quantify the time delay from primary team to dermatology consult, and its impact on hospital course as well as overall patient care.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of all inpatient dermatology consults from October 1, 2013 to December 31, 2016 at five hospitals within the Detroit Medical Center. Data included demographics, diagnosis, management plans from primary and consulting teams, and timing of initial recognition of skin problem to dermatology and other specialties consultations.

Results: 873 consultations met criteria …

Ets-Related Gene (Erg) Is Differentially Expressed In Dermatofibroma (Fibrous Histiocytoma) As Compared With Dermatofibromasarcoma Protuberans And Hypertrophic Scars: A Pilot Immunohistochemical Study, Meredith Hengy, Jesse Veenstra, Kyle Perry, David M. Ozog, Ben Friedman

Medical Student Research Symposium

Immunohistochemical staining can be of great utility in differentiating various cutaneous spindle cell neoplasms, particularly when the histomorphological appearance of the lesions is inconclusive. Nuclear staining for ETS-related gene (ERG), a highly sensitive endothelial cell marker, has seldom been studied in the context of cutaneous spindle cell neoplasms. Little is known about its specificity for vascular differentiation. In this pilot study, immunohistochemical analysis for ERG was performed on fifteen dermatofibromas (DF), ten keloids, and nine dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans tumors (DFSP). Consistent nuclear expression of ERG was found in DF [100% (15/15) of the lesions demonstrated >50% labeling of tumor cells with …