The Melanocytic Proliferations (PDF)

A thorough updating of the best-selling, vital reference and
textbook on melanocytic proliferations

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:

"Well-written and entertaining"

--Modern Pathology

"An extremely helpful guide for the practicing
dermatopathologist or general pathologist"

--Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

"An incredibly relevant clinical-histopathologic
text"

--Doody's

Melanocytic proliferations comprise a large number of pigmented
lesions of the skin and muscosa. Of these, melanoma is of
particular interest to clinicians and their patients. The rising
number of incidences of melanoma has led to increased interest in
the disease from diagnostic, management, and basic science
perspectives.

The Melanocytic Proliferations: A Comprehensive Textbook of
Pigmented Lesions is the most complete single-source treatment
of the subject available--thoroughly updated to reflect the
very latest studies and clinical experience in diagnosing and
treating melanocytic proliferation. This new edition of the
bestseller presents an experience- and evidence-based review of
pigmented lesions that encompasses the biology, diagnosis, and
treatment of melanocytic proliferations and disorders, including
melanoma. It comes with over 300 new color images--bringing
the total to over 600--and contains two completely new
chapters: Dermatoscopic Diagnosis of Melanoma; and Reflectance
Confocal Microscopy.

Chapter coverage includes:

* An approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma, its
precursors, and its clinical mimics

* Freckles and lentigines

* Benign acquired nevi

* Dermal dendritic melanocytic proliferations/dermal
melanocytoses

* Spitz nevus

* Combined nevus, deep penetrating nevus, plexiform spindle
cell nevus, and borderline tumors of the deep penetrating nevus
variant

* Recurrent melanocytic nevus

* Congenital nevi

* Dysplastic melanocytic nevi, de novo intradermal
epithelioid and lentiginous melanocytic dysplasias, and nevi at
specific anatomic sites

* Melanoma

* Conjunctival melanocytic proliferations

* Use of adjunctive immunoperoxidase, molecular, and
ultrastructural studies in the diagnosis of melanocytic
proliferations

* Biology of melanoma

* Borderline melanocytic proliferation

* Dermatoscopic diagnosis of melanoma

* Reflectance confocal microscopy

* Therapy of melanoma

The Melanocytic Proliferations: A Comprehensive Textbook of
Pigmented Lesions is an incredibly important text for all
clinical pathologists, dermatopathologists, surgical pathologists,
dermatologists, cosmetic physicians, and surgeons.