Main description:

This updated second edition provides a structured and highly illustrated guide to dermatopathology. It focuses on the most common dermatopathological diagnoses and presents their clinical, histological, and differential diagnostic features of the diseases. New chapters cover various inflammatory diseases such as interstitial granulomatous dermatitis and filler reactions as well as cutaneous neoplasms such as digital papillary adenocarcinoma.

Dermatopathology aims to help readers to rapidly identify patterns and specific diagnostic features. The book is relevant to both practicing and trainee dermatologists and pathologists.

Contents:

1. Principles of diagnosis. 2. Basic Dermatopathological Terms.- 3. The skin biopsy.- 4. Histopathological techniques.- 5. Dermatopathologic glossary.- 6. Epidermis - Spongiosis, acanthosis and hyperparakeratosis.- 7. Epidermis - Acantholysis.- 8. Bullous diseases.- 9. Interface dermatoses.- 10. Dermis - Vascular disorders.- 11. Dermis - Granulomatous inflammation.- 12. Dermis - Interstitial inflammation.- 13. Dermis - Diffuse mixed inflammatory infiltrates.- 14. Dermis - Degenerative and metabolic disorders.- 15. Dermis - Inflammation of adnexal structures.- 16. Subcutaneous fat - Panniculitis.- 17. Drug reactions.- 18. Artifactual damage.- 19. Scleromyxedema / Lichen myxoedematosus.- 20. Cutaneous deposits and reactions to filler substances.- 21. Pseudocysts.- 22. Epithelial cysts.- 23. Epidermal hamartomas and neoplasms.- 24. Melanocytic lesions.- 25. Adnexal tumors.- 26. Soft tissue proliferations and neoplasms.- 27. Vascular Neoplasms.- 28. Vascular tumors.- 29. Lymphomas and pseudolymphomas.- 30. Histiocytoses and mastocytoses.- 31. Cutaneous metastases.