B<\/span>eing able to be a part of a dermatopathology service and learn about the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>practical<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>aspect of cutaneous lesions\u2019 diagnosis has nothing to do with what you can read in books<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\n\t\t\tHi! Today, I will talk a bit about my experience at the INCLIVA foundation where I did a 2-month on-site secondment.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nI had the chance to be the first ESR of the CLARIFY network to do an on-site secondment this year. For two months, April and May, I was at the INCLIVA foundation where Andr\u00e9s (ESR12) is doing his Ph.D. under the tutelage of Carlos Monteagudo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThis secondment brought me so much! Not only did I learn about dermatopathology but I also got to work hand in hand with Andr\u00e9s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBefore the secondment, my knowledge of dermatopathology was almost none, except for the literature of the field I had read and the theory I had studied. But\u00a0being able to be a part of a dermatopathology service and learn about the\u00a0<\/span>practical<\/span><\/i>\u00a0aspect of cutaneous lesions\u2019 diagnosis has nothing to do with what you can read in books and the theory.\u00a0Like when you learn a new language, the best way to learn is to immerse yourself!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDuring these two months, I could attend the daily sign-outs of biopsies with expert dermatopathologists. Thanks to these daily sessions in which pathologists\u00a0analyse\u00a0the biopsies with microscopes to make a diagnosis, I could become more familiar with the specific terminology of the field. I learnt to\u00a0recognise\u00a0the different layers of the skin and their components (sebaceous glands, vessels, subcutaneous fat tissue, etc.) as well as the different types of cells, such as melanocytes, lymphocytes, etc. Being able to\u00a0recognise\u00a0healthy skin is an essential step to be able to detect abnormalities and lesions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nI remember how it all seemed a tremendous amount of new information in the beginning, when I did not understand much during the daily sign-out sessions. However, little by little \u2014and thanks to the help and explanations of Carlos and Andr\u00e9s\u2014, this information started to make more sense to me, and I actually had a great time trying to diagnose different types of lesions!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe most recurrent lesion type was usually basal cell carcinoma, which can have many morphologic subtypes, i.e. superficial, nodular, micro nodular, infiltrative. There were also a lot of melanocytic proliferation lesions, such as nevus \u2014standard ones but also dysplastic or congenital ones, among others. As for spitzoid lesions, the ones that represent the main focus of Andr\u00e9s\u2019 (ESR12) thesis project as well as mine, these are more uncommon: I think we saw less than 4 or 5 during the daily sign-outs, in the two months I spent at the INCLIVA!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDespite not seeing many \u201cnew\u201d Spitz\u00a0tumours, learning about the different types of lesions and characteristics of some of them, additionally to healthy skin features, helped me understand better and thus become able to\u00a0recognise\u00a0more efficiently the different characteristics of Spitz\u00a0tumours. Lesions are never as clear in practice as the photo examples we see in books or articles! Besides, Andr\u00e9s explained to me in more detail the different features of\u00a0spitzoid\u00a0lesions on the whole-slide images on\u00a0MicroDraw, the web platform pathologists use for annotating in CLARIFY.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn short, I learnt a lot thanks to Carlos and Andr\u00e9s, but also to the whole team! The acquired knowledge in dermatopathology will definitely be helpful to interact more efficiently with experts in the field using the adapted vocabulary. But, most of all, it will make a difference at the moment of\u00a0analysing\u00a0the results of the artificial intelligence models developed, but also to better define the next steps and approaches of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n I had the chance to be the first ESR of the CLARIFY network to do an on-site secondment this year. For two months, April and May, I was at the INCLIVA foundation where Andr\u00e9s (ESR12) is doing his Ph.D. under the tutelage of Carlos Monteagudo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This secondment brought me so much! Not only did I learn about dermatopathology but I also got to work hand in hand with Andr\u00e9s.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Before the secondment, my knowledge of dermatopathology was almost none, except for the literature of the field I had read and the theory I had studied. But\u00a0being able to be a part of a dermatopathology service and learn about the\u00a0<\/span>practical<\/span><\/i>\u00a0aspect of cutaneous lesions\u2019 diagnosis has nothing to do with what you can read in books and the theory.\u00a0Like when you learn a new language, the best way to learn is to immerse yourself!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During these two months, I could attend the daily sign-outs of biopsies with expert dermatopathologists. Thanks to these daily sessions in which pathologists\u00a0analyse\u00a0the biopsies with microscopes to make a diagnosis, I could become more familiar with the specific terminology of the field. I learnt to\u00a0recognise\u00a0the different layers of the skin and their components (sebaceous glands, vessels, subcutaneous fat tissue, etc.) as well as the different types of cells, such as melanocytes, lymphocytes, etc. Being able to\u00a0recognise\u00a0healthy skin is an essential step to be able to detect abnormalities and lesions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I remember how it all seemed a tremendous amount of new information in the beginning, when I did not understand much during the daily sign-out sessions. However, little by little \u2014and thanks to the help and explanations of Carlos and Andr\u00e9s\u2014, this information started to make more sense to me, and I actually had a great time trying to diagnose different types of lesions!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The most recurrent lesion type was usually basal cell carcinoma, which can have many morphologic subtypes, i.e. superficial, nodular, micro nodular, infiltrative. There were also a lot of melanocytic proliferation lesions, such as nevus \u2014standard ones but also dysplastic or congenital ones, among others. As for spitzoid lesions, the ones that represent the main focus of Andr\u00e9s\u2019 (ESR12) thesis project as well as mine, these are more uncommon: I think we saw less than 4 or 5 during the daily sign-outs, in the two months I spent at the INCLIVA!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Despite not seeing many \u201cnew\u201d Spitz\u00a0tumours, learning about the different types of lesions and characteristics of some of them, additionally to healthy skin features, helped me understand better and thus become able to\u00a0recognise\u00a0more efficiently the different characteristics of Spitz\u00a0tumours. Lesions are never as clear in practice as the photo examples we see in books or articles! Besides, Andr\u00e9s explained to me in more detail the different features of\u00a0spitzoid\u00a0lesions on the whole-slide images on\u00a0MicroDraw, the web platform pathologists use for annotating in CLARIFY.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In short, I learnt a lot thanks to Carlos and Andr\u00e9s, but also to the whole team! The acquired knowledge in dermatopathology will definitely be helpful to interact more efficiently with experts in the field using the adapted vocabulary. But, most of all, it will make a difference at the moment of\u00a0analysing\u00a0the results of the artificial intelligence models developed, but also to better define the next steps and approaches of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n
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