Surgical Dermatopathology

Surgical dermatology is a growing field. This reflects the increasing incidence of photodamage and sun-related tumors, whether benign or malignant. These diseases require expert pathological diagnosis, sometimes interoperatively, and therefore all these groups need to know not only techniques of lesion removal, but those of specimen preparation, as well as their histological appearance. This reference covers the gamut of surgical skin lesions, clinical features, histologic subtypes, frozen section and permanent section interpretation, and differential diagnosis. Normal variants are covered in depth. Laboratory techniques for frozen, permanent and MOHS fixed tissue preparation are given. There is also a chapter on cytopathology and a section on artifacts and margin control, both of which have important practical implications.