Lentigo Maligna Melanoma Challenges in Diagnosis and Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nehal, Kishwer S. (Editor), Busam, Klaus J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Plastic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Plastic Surgery.; Primary Care Medicine.

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and management of melanoma of the lentigo maligna subtype, specifically. Authors from multiple fields provide educational information along with importantly relevant, practical, and insightful details to improve the understanding and manag...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Natural history and epidemiology
• Clinical diagnosis/diagnostic tools
• Use of dermoscopy
• Histologic diagnosis and pitfalls
• Surgical approach with staged excision
• Role of Mohs surgery
• Histologic evaluation of surgical margins
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy in the head and neck region
• Reconstructive approaches
• Nonsurgical treatments
• Role of radiation
• Emerging novel noninvasive imaging
• Follow-up and recurrence.