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American Board of Pathology (ABPath), in cooperation with the American Board of Dermatology (ABD) · ABPath Dermatopathology Exam Blueprint, updated for 2026, paired with final Dermatopathology Content Specifications marked 12/2025 and published as Content-Specification-DP_SS_Final_12.15.2025.pdf. Neither document states a separate exact effective day. The assigned workbook label maps to the official Dermatopathology Subspecialty Certification Exam; the assigned slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Dermatopathology — American Board of Pathology
- About Certification — American Board of Pathology
- 2026 Dermatopathology Subspecialty Certification Exam
- Content Specifications for Examinations
- Dermatopathology Exam Blueprint — Updated for 2026
- Dermatopathology Content Specifications — December 2025
- Clinicopathological Study of Non-Infectious Erythaematous Papulosquamous Skin Diseases
- Lichen planus pathology
- What is dermatopathology?
- Salt Split Technique: A Useful Tool in the Diagnosis of Subepidermal Bullous Disorders
- Bullous pemphigoid pathology
- Diagnosis and management of leukocytoclastic vasculitis
- Basal cell carcinoma pathology
- Correlation of dermoscopic and histopathological features in basal cell carcinoma using computerized image analysis
- Squamous cell carcinoma pathology
- Current Cancer Protocols — College of American Pathologists
- Invasive Melanoma of the Skin: Biopsy — CAP version 1.1.0.0
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans pathology
- COL1A1-PDGFB Fusion Transcripts in Fibrosarcomatous Areas of Six Dermatofibrosarcomas Protuberans
- Merkel cell carcinoma pathology
- Diagnostic accuracy of a panel of immunohistochemical and molecular markers to distinguish Merkel cell carcinoma from other neuroendocrine carcinomas
- A Clinico-Mycological and Histopathological Study of Recurrent Dermatophytosis
- Herpes virus infection pathology
- CDC DPDx — Leishmaniasis
- Porokeratosis pathology
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum — MedlinePlus Genetics
- MH 091 Thick Skin — Histology Guide
- Histopathologic Features of Alopecia Areata: A New Look
- Morphological spectrum of pilar cysts
- Trichilemmal cyst pathology
- Miescher's radial granuloma: A characteristic marker of erythema nodosum
- Erythema nodosum pathology
- Erythema nodosum
- Pseudoporphyria
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda — United Porphyrias Association
- Cutaneous Direct Immunofluorescence Assay, Varies — Mayo Clinic Laboratories
- Extraneous tissue: A potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology
- Root Cause Analysis — AHRQ PSNet
- s41379-018-0155-y.pdf
- IDOJ-14-799.PMC10718100.pdf
- ORBi: Comparative immunohistochemical study of herpes-simplex and varicella-zoster infections - 1993
- Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and anti-p200 pemphigoid as major subepidermal autoimmune bullous diseases diagnosed by floor binding on indirect immunofluorescence microscopy using human salt-split skin - Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
- Correlation of dermoscopic and histopathological features in basal cell carcinoma using computerized image analysis - PMC
Dermatopathology Subspecialty Certification Exam
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A pruritic eruption beneath a new wrist strap shows widened spaces between epidermal keratinocytes, stretched intercellular bridges and lymphocyte exocytosis. Which reaction pattern best describes the dominant change?
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