This is an overview of the pigmented skin lesions with emphasis on differential diagnosis of benign lesions, premalignant lesions (dysplastic nevi) and their variants, and malignant lesions. Tumour progression, unusual locations and what they signify prognostically are also covered.
This is an overview of the pigmented skin lesions with emphasis on differential diagnosis of benign lesions, premalignant lesions (dysplastic nevi) and their variants, and malignant lesions. Tumour progression, unusual locations and what they signify prognostically are also covered.
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978-0-7506-9196-3 (9780750691963)
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Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
