Melanocytic tumors : a guide to diagnosis
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Bibliographic Information
Melanocytic tumors : a guide to diagnosis
（Biopsy interpretation series）
Lippincott-Raven, c1997
Available at 9 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Determining whether a melanocytic tumour is malignant or benign continues to be a key clinical challenge. This volume begins with the basic considerations, then goes on to describe the clinical and microscopic appearances of commomly encountered lesions - from nevi to metastatic melanoma. Commentary explores histology, diagnostic technique, prognosis, differential diagnosis and variants of cutaneous melanoma.
Table of Contents
- Introduction and basic considerations
- common Nevi
- blue Nevi
- and related lesions
- Spitz and related Nevi
- histology of common forms of cutaneous melanoma
- variants of primary cutaneous melanoma that stimulates other melanocytic and non-melanocytic lesions
- metastatic melanoma
- characteristics that relate to prognosis techniques in the evaluation of metanocytic lesions (with a section by Sunita Bhuta)
- the diagnosis of melanocytic tumours
- an algorithm for the diagnosis of compound melanocytic tumours (located in the epidermis and subepidermal tissues)
- an algorithm for the diagnosis of melanocytic tumours in the dermis and/or subcutaneous tissues.
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