Melanocytic tumors of the skin
By: by David E. Elder and George F. Murphy.
Contributors: Murphy, George F.; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.); Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology.
Series: Atlas of tumor pathology.
Publisher: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; Available from the American Registry of Pathology
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Melanoma -- Histopathology -- Atlases.; Skin Neoplasms -- pathology -- atlases; Melanoma -- pathology -- atlases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of contents: title: 1 Melanocytes and Their Tumors; title: 1.0 Introduction; title: 2 Benign Melanocytic Tumors; title: 2.0 Introduction; title: 2.1 Common Acquired Melanocytic Nevi; title: 2.1.1 Lentigo Simplex; title: 2.1.2 Junctional Melanocytic Nevus; title: 2.1.3 Compound Melanocytic Nevus; title: 2.1.4 Dermal Melanocytic Nevus; title: 2.2 Variants of Acquired Nevi; title: 2.2.1 Halo Nevus; title: 2.2.2 Combined Nevus; title: 2.2.3 Nevus of Genital Skin; title: 2.2.4 Deep Penetrating Nevus; title: 2.2.5 Recurrent Melanocytic Nevus; title: 2.2.6 Miscellaneous Variants of Cutaneous Nevi; title: 2.2.6.1 Nevi of Acral Skin; title: 2.2.6.2 Nevi of the Head and Neck; title: 2.2.6.3 Nevi in Childhood; title: 2.2.6.4 Nevi in Pregnancy; title: 2.2.6.5 Nevi in the Elderly; title: 2.3 Spindle and Epithelioid Cell Nevi; title: 2.3.1 Spindle and Epithelioid Cell Nevus (Spitz Nevus); title: 2.3.2 Pigmented Spindle Cell Nevus of Reed; title: 2.4 Blue Nevi; title: 2.4.1 Common Blue Nevus; title: 2.4.2 Cellular Blue Nevus; title: 2.5 Dermal Melanocytoses; title: 2.5.1 Nevus of Ota; title: 2.6 Congenital Melanocytic Nevi; title: 2.6.1 Small Congenital Nevi; title: 2.6.2 Intermediate and Giant Congenital Nevi; title: 2.6.3 Proliferative Dermal Lesions in Congenital Nevi; title: 2.6.3.1 Simulants of Nodular Melanoma; title: 2.6.3.2 Simulants of Superficial Spreading Melanoma; title: 2.7 Dysplastic Melanocytic Nevi; title: 2.7.1 Junctional and Compound Dysplastic Nevi; title: 3 Malignant Tumors (Melanomas and Related Lesions); title: 3.1 Tumor Progression Phases and Classification; title: 3.1.1 Radial Growth Phase Melanoma (Nontumorigenic In Situ and/or Microinvasive Melanoma); title: 3.1.2 Vertical Growth Phase Melanoma (Tumorigenic Melanoma); title: 3.2 Common Variants of Melanoma; title: 3.2.1 Superficial Spreading Melanoma; title: 3.2.2 Lentigo Maligna and Lentigo Maligna Melanoma; title: 3.2.3 Acral-Lentiginous Melanoma; title: 3.2.4 Mucosal-Lentiginous Melanoma; title: 3.2.5 Nodular Melanoma; title: 3.3 Prognostic Models for Common Melanomas; title: 3.3.1 Staging and Microstaging of Malignant Melanoma; title: 3.3.2 Pathology of Microstaging Attributes; title: 3.3.3 A Survival Model Based on Tumor Progression; title: 3.3.4 TNM Staging System for Melanoma; title: 3.4 Unusual Forms of Melanoma and Related Primary Tumors; title: 3.4.1 Desmoplastic Melanoma; title: 3.4.2 Neurotropic Melanoma and Melanomas With Neurotropism; title: 3.4.3 Malignant Blue Nevus; title: 3.4.4 Malignant Melanomas in Congenital Melanocytic Nevi; title: 3.4.5 Minimal Deviation Melanoma; title: 3.4.6 Dermal Melanocytic Tumors of Uncertain Potential; title: 3.4.7 Clear Cell Sarcoma; title: 3.4.8 Malignant Melanocytic Schwannoma; title: 3.5 Metastatic Malignant Melanoma; title: 3.5.1 General Features; title: 3.5.2 Special Studies for Diagnosis of Oligomelanotic Melanoma; title: 3.5.3 Epidermotropic Metastatic Melanoma; title: 3.5.4 Satellites and In Transit Metastases; title: 3.5.5 Dermal and Subcutaneous Metastases; title: 4 Non-Neoplastic Hyperpigmentations; title: 4.1 Ephelids (Freckles); title: 4.1.1 Simple Ephelid; title: 4.1.2 Solar (Actinic) Lentigo; title: 4.2 Miscellaneous Hyperpigmentations; title: 4.2.1 Mucosal Melanosis (Genital Lentiginosis); title: 4.2.2 Café au Lait Spot; title: 4.2.3 Becker's Nevus