Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Malignant Melanoma

by Barnhill, Raymond L.

• ISBN13: 9780750695046
• ISBN10: 0750695048
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-02-09
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

The recent rise in skin cancer incidents highlights the problem melanoma and its variants have become. In pathology, 25% of malpractice cases involve misdiagnosis of melanoma. The issue for the pathologist is to distinguish between benign, premalignant, and malignant skin lesions so that it the appropriate recommendation can be made about operating versus following the patient or declaring the lesion benign. Melanoma is so invasive and so malignant that it must be treated aggressively as early as possible, but this risks putting the patient through disfiguring surgery or a course of chemotherapy or irradiation for something that could turn out to be benign.

Table of Contents

Melanocytes

Biopsies, tissue processing and special studies

Circumscribed pigmented lesions composed of basilar melanocytes

Common acquired melanocytic nevi

Congenital melanocytic nevi and associated neoplasms, Congenital and childhood melanoma

Spitz nevus and variants

Dermal melanocytoses, blue nevi and related conditions

Melanocytic nevi with phenotypic heterogeneity

Melanocytic proliferations with architectural disorder and cytologic atypia, melanocytic dysplasia and dysplastic nevus

Malignant melanoma

Metastatic melanoma

Prognostic factors in cutaneous malignant melanoma

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