Lentigo Maligna Melanoma Challenges in Diagnosis and Management /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nehal, Kishwer S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Busam, Klaus J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.