1st Edition

Diagnosing the Less Common Skin Tumors Clinical Appearance and Dermoscopy Correlation

Edited By Caterina Longo Copyright 2019
    166 Pages 248 Color Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Caterina Longo, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor, Dermatology and Venereology, at Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMO); Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Modena, Italy; President of AIDNID; Executive Board Member of the International Dermoscopy Society

    Many texts deal with how to diagnose the straightforward melanomas of the skin, but there are many less common skin tumors that a clinician needs to be aware of because these are still likely to be encountered at some point in a clinical setting and many of them have serious implications. This highly illustrated text from an internationally acclaimed researcher provides a reliable guide to how to proceed with diagnosis of these more challenging entities.

    Contents: Tumors of the Epidermis: Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome * Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus * Basosquamous carcinoma * Verrucous carcinoma * Sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma * Lentigines, Nevi, and Melanoma: Atypical Spitz nevus (tumor) * Halo Spitz nevus * Desmoplastic nevus * Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma * Animal-type melanoma * Nevoid melanoma * Balloon cell melanoma * Desmoplastic melanoma * Special site melanoma (mucosal, acral) * Tumors of Cutaneous Appendages: Trichoadenoma * Trichoepithelioma and Brooke-Spiegler syndrome * Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma * Trichoblastoma * Tumors of the follicular infundibulum * Tricholemmoma and tricholemmal carcinoma and Cowden syndrome * Pilomatrixoma * Fibrofolliculoma/trichodiscoma and Birt—Hogg-Dubè syndrome * Sebaceous tumors *Syringocystadenoma papilliferum * Hidradenoma * Cylindroma and familial cylindromatosis and Brooke-Spiegler syndrome * Spiradenoma * Mammary and extramammary Paget’s disease * Syringoma * Eccrine poroma and eccrine porocarcinoma * Mesenchymal Tumors: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans * Atypical fibroxanthoma * Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma) * Other Uncommon Tumors: Merkel cell carcinoma * Kaposi’s sarcoma * Angiosarcoma * Retiform hemangioendothelioma

    With contributions from: Alessandro Annetta * Giuseppe Argenziano * Elisa Benati * Caterina Bombonato * Stefania Borsari * Eugenia Veronica Di Brizzi * , Gerardo Ferrara * Giorgio La Viola * Mara Lombardi * Elvira Moscarella * Riccardo Pampena * Giovanni Paolino * Simonetta Piana

    Contributors

    SECTION I. TUMORS OF THE EPIDERMIS

    1. Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

    2. Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

    3. Basosquamous carcinoma

    4. Verrucous carcinoma

    5. Sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma

    SECTION II. LENTIGINES, NEVI, AND MELANOMA

    6. Atypical Spitz nevus (tumor)

    7. Halo Spitz nevus

    8. Desmoplastic nevus

    9. Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma

    10. Animal-type melanoma

    11. Nevoid melanoma

    12. Balloon cell melanoma

    13. Desmoplastic melanoma

    14. Special site melanoma (mucosal, acral)

    SECTION III. TUMORS OF CUTANEOUS APPENDAGES

    15. Trichoadenoma

    16. Trichoepithelioma

    17. Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma

    18. Trichoblastoma

    19. Tumors of the follicular infundibulum

    20. Tricholemmoma and tricholemmal carcinoma and Cowden syndrome

    21. Pilomatrixoma

    22. Fibrofolliculoma/trichodiscoma and Birt-Hogg-Dubè syndrome

    23. Sebaceous tumors

    24. Syringocystadenoma papilliferum

    25. Hidradenoma

    26. Cylindroma and familiar cylindromatosis and Brooke-Spiegler syndrome

    27. Spiradenoma

    28. Mammary and extramammary Paget’s disease

    29. Syringoma

    30. Eccrine poroma and eccrine porocarcinoma

    SECTION IV. MESENCHYMAL TUMORS

    31. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

    32. Atypical fibroxanthoma

    33. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma)

    SECTION V. OTHER UNCOMMON TUMORS

    34. Merkel cell carcinoma

    35. Kaposi’s sarcoma

    36. Angiosarcoma

    37. Retiform hemangioendothelioma

    Biography

    Caterina Longo is  a dermatologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers by noninvasive modalities such as dermoscopy and confocal microscopy. She works as scientific consultant at the skin cancer unit of ASMN-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Italy. She won the IDS prize in 2015 as best young researcher.

    "Gives readers an appreciation of the possible dermatoscopic presentations that can be seen for atypical melanomas and rarer skin carcinomas...", Patricia Wong, MD