Diagnosing the Less Common Skin Tumors: Clinical Appearance and Dermos

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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... Read more

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

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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

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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.

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

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