Dr. Stephen C Somach MD
Dermapathologist | Dermatopathology
3737 Park East Drive Suite #202 Beachwood OH, 44122About
Dr. Stephen Somach practices Dermatopathology in Beachwood, OH. Dermatopathology is a medical specialty that focuses on dermatology and pathology, and involves the diagnosis of various diseases of the skin, hair, and nails by looking at cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level. By revealing the histology of diseases and results from a specific diagnostic interpretation, Dr. Somach is able to analyze the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level.
Education and Training
Univ of South Fl Coll of Med, Tampa Fl 1987
University of South Florida (Usf)
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- Dermatopathology
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A crusted lip nodule in a 50-year-old man.
- Firm erythematous papules of scalp in a woman with a history of breast cancer.
- Bromoderma after excessive ingestion of Ruby Red Squirt.
- Hypopigmented papules and nodules on the trunk and arms.
- Oncocytic metaplasia occurring in melanoma.
- Invasive Trichophyton rubrum infection occurring with infliximab and long-term
- Pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia with follicular differentiation overlying basal cell carcinoma.
- Merkel cell polyomavirus: an update.
- Basal cell carcinoma-associated pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia.
- Cutaneous epithelioid angiomatous nodule: a case with metachronous lesions.
- Cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy: a rare cutaneous microangiopathy.
- Varicella-zoster virus vaccination-induced granulomatous dermatitis.
- Herpes zoster granulomatous dermatitis: histopathologic findings in a case series.
Fellowships
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City)
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