Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Soyer, Hans Peter (Editor), Argenziano, Guiseppe (Editor), Hofmann-Wellenhof, Rainer (Editor), Johr, Robert H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Oncology.; Nursing.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

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Table of Contents:

• The Morphologic Dimension in the Diagnosis of Melanocytic Skin Lesions
• Clinical Examination of Melanocytic Neoplasms Including ABCDE Criteria
• Dermoscopic Examination
• Melanoma: the Morphological Dimension
• Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscopy
• Automatic Diagnosis
• Multispectral Image Analysis
• Teledermatology
• The Life of Melanocytic Nevi
• Acral Nevus
• Agminated Nevus
• Blue Nevus
• Atypical (Dysplastic) Nevus
• Combined Nevus
• Common Nevus
• Congenital Melanocytic Nevi
• Melanocytic Nevi on the Genitalia and Melanocytic Nevi on Other Special Locations
• Halo Nevus
• Irritated Nevus and Meyerson’s Nevus
• Melanocytic Lesions in Darker Racial Ethnic Groups
• Miescher Nevus
• Nevi with Particular Pigmentation: Black, Pink, and White Nevus
• Recurrent Nevus
• Spitz Nevus and Its Variants
• Syndromes Involving Melanocytic Lesions
• Nail Apparatus Nevus (Subungual Nevus, Nail Matrix Nevus)
• Unna Nevus
• Epidemiology of Melanoma
• Acral Melanoma
• Amelanotic Melanoma
• Early Evolution of Melanoma (Small-Diameter Melanoma)
• False-Negative Melanomas
• Genital Melanoma
• Melanoma of the Face
• Melanoma of the Trunk and Limbs Including Superficial and Nodular Melanoma
• Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma
• Scalp Melanoma
• Nail Apparatus Melanoma (Subungual Melanoma, Nail Matrix Melanoma)
• Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Dermatofibroma
• Lentigines Including Lentigo Simplex, Reticulated Lentigo and Actinic Lentigo
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma Including Actinic Keratosis, Bowen’s Disease, Keratoacanthoma, and Its Pigmented Variants
• Vascular Lesions
• Seborrheic Keratosis Including Lichen Planus-like Keratosis.