Leigh A. Compton, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Director, Dermatopathology Fellowship
Director, Dermatopathology Laboratory
- Phone: 314-362-5757
- Email: lacompton@wustl.edu
Division
- Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Additional Titles
- Medical Director, Dermatopathology Laboratory
- Director, Dermatopathology Fellowship
Clinical Interests
- Dermatopathology
- Histopathology of cutaneous mesenchymal neoplasms
- Histopathology of cutaneous inflammatory disorders
Board Certifications
- Anatomic Pathology
- Dermatopathology
Selected Publications
| Porokeratoma treated with topical 5% 5-fluorouracil cream.Li SS, Compton LA, Nemer KM.Int J Womens Dermatol. 2021 Jul 25;7(5Part B):830-831. doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2021.07.009. eCollection 2021 Dec.PMID: 35028392 |
| Coronary vessel development: the epicardium delivers.Olivey HE, Compton LA, Barnett JV.Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2004 Aug;14(6):247-51. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2004.07.001.PMID: 15451517 |
| Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry in Cutaneous Neoplasia: An Update. Compton LA, Murphy GF, Lian CG.Dermatopathology (Basel). 2015 Apr 8;2(1):15-42. doi: 10.1159/000377698. eCollection 2015 Jan-Mar.PMID: 27047932 |
| Symptomatic vulvar demodicosis: A case report and review of the literature.Hedberg ML, Chibnall RJ, Compton LA.J Cutan Pathol. 2020 Nov;47(11):1063-1066. doi: 10.1111/cup.13816. Epub 2020 Aug 26.PMID: 33448447 |
| Advances in the Genetic Characterization of Cutaneous Mesenchymal Neoplasms: Implications for Tumor Classification and Novel Diagnostic Markers. Compton LA, Doyle LA.Surg Pathol Clin. 2017 Jun;10(2):299-317. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2017.01.005. Epub 2017 Mar 18.PMID: 28477882 |
| Eosinophilic folliculitis, eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancy and acneiform follicular mucinosis: Two case reports and a review of the literature highlighting the spectrum of histopathology.Bailey CAR, Laurain DA, Sheinbein DM, Jones HA, Compton LA, Rosman IS.J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Mar;48(3):439-450. doi: 10.1111/cup.13932. Epub 2020 Dec 18.PMID: 33617128 |
| Eruption of solitary reticulohistiocytoma after intense pulsed light burn. Otchere E, Wang CX, Compton LA, Nahmias Z.JAAD Case Rep. 2018 Nov 10;4(10):1039-1041. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2018.08.007. eCollection 2018 Nov.PMID: 30456281 |
| Facilitated cross-bridge interactions with thin filaments by familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutations in α-tropomyosin.Wang F, Brunet NM, Grubich JR, Bienkiewicz EA, Asbury TM, Compton LA, Mihajlović G, Miller VF, Chase PB.J Biomed Biotechnol. 2011;2011:435271. doi: 10.1155/2011/435271. Epub 2011 Dec 1.PMID: 22187526 |