Description
Book SynopsisA thorough updating of the best-selling, vital reference and textbook on melanocytic proliferations
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:
Well-written and entertaining
Modern Pathology
An extremely helpful guide for the practicing dermatopathologist or general pathologist
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
An incredibly relevant clinical-histopathologic text
Doody's
Melanocytic proliferations comprise a large number of pigmented lesions of the skin and muscosa. Of these, melanoma is of particular interest to clinicians and their patients. The rising number of incidences of melanoma has led to increased interest in the disease from diagnostic, management, and basic science perspectives.
The Melanocytic Proliferations: A Comprehensive Textbook of Pigmented Lesions is the most complete single-source treatment of the subject availablethoroughly updated to re
Table of Contents
Dedication, vii
Preface, viii
Disclosure, ix
About the Companion Website, x
1 An Approach to the Clinical Diagnosis of Melanoma, Its Precursors, and Its Clinical Mimics, 1
2 Freckles and Lentigines, 44
3 Benign Acquired Nevi, 65
4 Dermal Dendritic Melanocytic Proliferations/Dermal Melanocytoses, 85
5 Spitz Nevus, 107
6 Combined Nevus, Deep Penetrating Nevus, Plexiform Spindle Cell Nevus, and Borderline Tumors of the Deep Penetrating Nevus Variant, 164
7 Recurrent Melanocytic Nevus, 175
8 Congenital Nevi, 187
9 Dysplastic Melanocytic Nevi, De Novo Intradermal Epithelioid and Lentiginous Melanocytic Dysplasias, and Nevi at Specific Anatomic Sites, 201
10 Melanoma, 254
11 Conjunctival Melanocytic Proliferations, 365
12 Use of Adjunctive Immunoperoxidase, Molecular, and Ultrastructural Studies in the Diagnosis of Melanocytic Proliferations, 380
13 Biology of Melanoma, 412
14 Borderline Melanocytic Proliferation, 443
15 Dermatoscopic Diagnosis of Melanoma, 467
16 Reflectance Confocal Microscopy, 474
17 Therapy of Melanoma, 488
Index, 510
