Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Melanoma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barnhill, Raymond L. (Editor), Piepkorn, Michael W. (Editor), Busam, Klaus J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Highly acclaimed and considered the leading reference in the field, Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Melanoma has once again been fully revised, updated, and expanded to reflect the most recent advances and techniques in the field of melanoma pathology. New chapters on mucosal melanoma, ocular mela...

Table of Contents:

• Melanocytes
• Biopsies, Tissue Processing, Immunohistochemistry, and Ancillary Techniques
• Genetic and Molecular Pathology of Melanoma
• Circumscribed Pigmented Lesions Composed of Basilar Melanocytes
• Common Acquired and Atypical (Dysplastic) Melanocytic Nevi
• Congenital Melanocytic Nevi and Associated Neoplasms, Congenital and Childhood Melanoma
• Spitz Nevus and Variants
• Dermal Melanocytoses, Blue Nevi, and Related Conditions
• Melanocytic Nevi with Phenotypic Heterogeneity
• Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
• Benign and Malignant Melanocytic Neoplasms of the Mucosa
• Benign and Malignant Melanocytic Neoplasms of the Ocular Apparatus
• Metastatic Malignant Melanoma
• Prognostic Factors in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma.