Pathology of Malignant Melanoma

by Barnhill, Raymond L.; Piepkorn, Michael; Busam, Klaus J., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780387207100
• ISBN10: 0387207104
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

An excerpt from "Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Malignant Melanoma, Second Edition", Pathology of Malignant Melanoma provides a highly practical approach to the histopathological diagnosis of melanoma of the skin. Emphasis is placed on the differential diagnosis of major forms of conventional melanoma, and the book also discusses unusual or rare variants that are difficult to recognize. This portable, user-friendly handbook addresses epidemiology, criteria for diagnosis and classification of melanoma, risk factors, and other morphological and cytological variants. More than 30 easy-to-read tables provide at-a-glance reference and over 100 full color illustrations complement the text.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Descriptive Epidemiology	1	(1)
Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of Melanoma	2	(10)
Conventional Melanomas	12	(20)
Conventional Microinvasive Melanoma	32	(1)
Conventional Invasive Melanoma	33	(8)
Melanomas without Adjacent Intraepidermal Component	41	(5)
Solar Melanoma	46	(14)
Acral Melanoma (Palmar-Plantar Melanoma, Volar-Subungual Melanoma)	60	(5)
Subungual Melanoma (Melamoma of the Nail Apparatus)	65	(8)
Other Morphological and Cytological Variants of Melanoma	73	(55)
Unusual or Rare Variations of Melanoma and Particular Histomorphologic Alterations	128	(11)
Regression	139	(10)
Diagnosis and Management of the Borderline or Controversial Lesions Suggesting Melanoma	149	(6)
Histopathologic Reporting of Melanoma	155	(1)
References	156	(17)
Appendix I: Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Melanoma	173	(1)
Appendix II: Prognostic Factors for Malignant Melanoma	174	(1)
Appendix III: TNM Staging Classification for Malignant Melanoma	175	(1)
Appendix IV: Histopathological Reporting of Malignant Melanoma	176	(1)
Appendix V: Melanoma Staging, Prognostic Factors, and Pathology Reporting	177	(10)
Martin J. Trotter
Index	187