Nevogenesis Mechanisms and Clinical Implications of Nevus Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marghoob, Ashfaq A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Paul Gerson Unna’s “Abtropfung” theory that nevi develop through migration of nevus cells from the epidermis to the dermis prevailed for almost a century until the “Hochsteigerung” theory postulated the reverse pattern of migration based on newly acquired observations from histopathology and studies...

Table of Contents:

• Nevogenesis: Changing Theories
• Classifying Melanocytic Nevi
• Evolution of Nevi
• The Dual Pathway of Nevogenesis
• Confocal Microscopy: Improving Our Understanding of Nevogenesis
• Nevi In Children And Adults: Dermoscopic Patterns And The Development of New Nevi
• Etiology of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi And Related Conditions
• Molecular Nevogenesis
• Nevogenesis: A Benign Metastatic Process?
• Nevus Senescence
• Gene-Environment Interactions In Nevogenesis
• Malignant Transformation of Melanocytic Nevi
• Disappearance of Melanocytic Nevi.