The Melanocytic Proliferations (eBook)

A Comprehensive Textbook of Pigmented Lesions

A. Neil Crowson, Cynthia M. Magro, Martin C. Mihm (Autoren)

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2014 | 2. Auflage
536 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-48896-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A 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 available--thoroughly updated to reflect the
very latest studies and clinical experience in diagnosing and
treating melanocytic proliferation. This new edition of the
bestseller presents an experience- and evidence-based review of
pigmented lesions that encompasses the biology, diagnosis, and
treatment of melanocytic proliferations and disorders, including
melanoma. It comes with over 300 new color images--bringing
the total to over 600--and contains two completely new
chapters: Dermatoscopic Diagnosis of Melanoma; and Reflectance
Confocal Microscopy.

Chapter coverage includes:

* An approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma, its
precursors, and its clinical mimics

* Freckles and lentigines

* Benign acquired nevi

* Dermal dendritic melanocytic proliferations/dermal
melanocytoses

* Spitz nevus

* Combined nevus, deep penetrating nevus, plexiform spindle
cell nevus, and borderline tumors of the deep penetrating nevus
variant

* Recurrent melanocytic nevus

* Congenital nevi

* Dysplastic melanocytic nevi, de novo intradermal
epithelioid and lentiginous melanocytic dysplasias, and nevi at
specific anatomic sites

* Melanoma

* Conjunctival melanocytic proliferations

* Use of adjunctive immunoperoxidase, molecular, and
ultrastructural studies in the diagnosis of melanocytic
proliferations

* Biology of melanoma

* Borderline melanocytic proliferation

* Dermatoscopic diagnosis of melanoma

* Reflectance confocal microscopy

* Therapy of melanoma

The Melanocytic Proliferations: A Comprehensive Textbook of
Pigmented Lesions is an incredibly important text for all
clinical pathologists, dermatopathologists, surgical pathologists,
dermatologists, cosmetic physicians, and surgeons.

Autor

Cynthia M. Magro, MD, is Professor of Pathology and Director of Dermatopathology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. She has published extensively in the areas of inflammatory skin disease, including collagen vascular disease, vasculitis, cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease, and unique drug hypersensitivity reactions. A significant focus of her work has been lymphocytic infiltrates, including unique forms of drug reactions such as the interstitial granulomatous drug reaction and drug-associated reversible T cell dyscrasia; prelymphomatous cutaneous lymphoid dyscrasias including atypical lymphocytic lobular panniculitis pityriasis lichenoides chronica and pigmented purpuric dermatosis; and malignant T and B cell lymphomas. She has extended her work in immune mechanisms of skin disease and applied it to areas of lung transplantation and pulmonary fibrosis. Neil Crowson, MD, is Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Surgery, and Director of Dermatopathology at the University of Oklahoma and Regional Medical Laboratory in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His current research interests focus on mechanisms of neoplastic and inflammatory skin disease. Martin C. Mihm, Jr., MD, is Clinical Professor of Pathology and Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in the pathology, diagnosis, and management of pigmented lesions, lymphoid disorders, and vascular tumors. He has worked extensively to understand the host response to melanoma and other tumors. He has served as codirector of the WHO Melanoma Program in addition to his many obligations in translational and clinical research in cutaneous inflammation, tumor vaccination, and pathogenesis of vascular lesions in children.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
• Schlagworte: Dermatologie • Dermatology • Medical oncology • Medical Science • Medizin • medizinische Onkologie • Pathologie • Pathology
• ISBN-10: 1-118-48896-2 / 1118488962
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-48896-6 / 9781118488966