Tumorigenic melanocytic proliferations / David E. Elder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elder, David E.

Series:

Consultant pathology series ; 1.

Consultant pathology series ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melanoma--Case studies.

Melanoma.

Mole (Dermatology)--Case studies.

Mole (Dermatology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tumorigenic Melanocytic Proliferations. The key role of histopathology in analysis of a melanocytic tumor is the recognition or exclusion of a malignant melanoma. The analysis of typical features leads to a correct diagnosis in the majority of cases. However, there are cases that are problematic, because of conflicting or insufficient criteria, in which a confident diagnosis is difficult. These difficult lesions account for a large proportion of the diagnostic errors and lawsuits in cutaneous pathology. There is another group of cases in which the diagnosis of malignancy remains uncertain-thes

Contents:

Acquired melanocytic nevi

Congenital nevi and tumefactions in them

Spindle and/or epithelioid cell nevi/tumors

Deep penetrating nevi

Blue nevi (BN) and variants : cellular blue nevus (CBN), atypical CBN (ACBN), and malignant blue nevus (MBN)

Combined nevi

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma

Tumorigenic melanomas of WHO classification categories

Nevoid melanoma

Desmoplastic and neurotropic melanoma

Metastatic melanoma : epidermotropic, regressed, nevoid

Nonmelanocytic melanoma simulants.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-64167-0

9786612641671

1-935281-73-9

OCLC:

699474395