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Names: Burg, Günter, author. | Kutzner, Heinz, author. | Kempf, Werner, author. | Feit, Josef, author. | Smoller, Bruce R., author.
Title: Atlas of dermatopathology: Tumors, nevi, and cysts / Günter Burg, Heinz Kutzner, Werner Kempf, Josef Feit, Bruce R. Smoller.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018023723 (print) | LCCN 2018024979 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119371557 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119371564 (ePub) | ISBN 9781119371540 (hardcover)
Subjects: | MESH: Skin Neoplasms–diagnosis | Skin Neoplasms–pathology | Cutaneous Cyst–diagnosis | Cutaneous Cyst–pathology | Diagnosis, Differential | Atlases
Classification: LCC RC280.S5 (ebook) | LCC RC280.S5 (print) | NLM WR 17 | DDC 616.99/477–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018023723
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Cover Image: All images courtesy of Günter Burg
To our families and teachers, who have supported and guided us
In tumorous processes, the typical cytomorphology and growth pattern assessed by histological examination are the major hallmarks of correct diagnosis. Therefore, this text‐atlas, in 13 well‐illustrated chapters, presents the major cytomorphological elements of the skin, and describes the histological characteristics of epidermal and organoid nevi, hamartomas and tumors of the epidermis, adnexal structures, melanocytic lesions, and tumors of connective tissue, vessels, fat, muscles, nerves, mast cells, histiocytes, and hematopoietic cells, i.e. lymphomas and leukemias. In addition to the histology, the clinical features and differential diagnoses (DD:) are presented for each entity. As cysts may be clinically misdiagnosed as tumorous lesions, a chapter on cysts has been added for differential diagnostic purposes.
The text of the clinical features (Cl:) is given in prose form, whereas the description of the histological features (Hi:) follows the approved bullet point style in order to keep the information as compact and concise as possible.
Some of the diagnoses listed lack clinical or histological pictures.
Even though we have tried to cover most common diagnoses, the book is far from being comprehensive. Many variants of tumors described in the literature are waiting to be included in the next edition and may be studied in special books dealing with distinct adnexal, vascular, soft tissue, hematopoietic or other neoplasias.
Computational resources for the atlases were provided by the CESNET LM2015042 and CERIT Scientific Cloud LM2015085 large research and development programs.
We appreciate the support of the Wiley Publishing Group and its co‐workers, especially of Mrs Yogalakshmi Mohanakrishnan and Mrs Monisha Swaminathan from the Health Science Office in India.
Copyright: Many of the histological images shown are taken from the Hypertext Atlas of Dermatopathology, https://atlases.muni.cz/, edited by Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic, Werner Kempf, Leo Schärer, et al.