Dermatoscopy and skin cancer : a handbook for hunters of skin cancer and melanoma /: a handbook for hunters of skin cancer and melanoma. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cliff Rosendahl and Aksana Marozava.
• Authors: Rosendahl, Cliff; Marozava, Aksana
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to dermatoscopy 1.1 Why use a dermatoscope?; 1.2 What is a dermatoscope?; 1.3 Colours in dermatoscopy; 1.4 Differences between polarised andnon-polarised dermatoscopy; 1.5 Uses of dermatoscopy for conditions otherthan tumours Chapter 2: Skin – the organ 2.1 Skin as an organ; 2.2 Embryology of skin; 2.3 The microanatomy of skin Chapter 3: Dermatopathology fordermatoscopists 3.1From the scalpel to the microscope; 3.2 The histology of normal skin; 3.3 Terminology used indermatopathology; 3.4 Dermatoscopic histologicalcorrelation of neoplastic lesions Chapter 4:The language of dermatoscopy: naming and defining structures and patterns 4.1 The evolution of metaphoric terminology for dermatoscopicstructures and patterns; 4.2 Revised pattern analysis of lesions pigmented by melanin; 4.3 Patterns in revised pattern analysis; 4.4 The process of revised pattern analysis; 4.5 Revised pattern analysis applied to lesions with whitestructures; 4.6 Revised pattern analysis applied to lesions with orange, yellow and skin-coloured structures; 4.7 Revised pattern analysis applied to vessel structures andpatterns; 4.8 The cognition of dermatoscopy; Chapter 5: The skin examination 5.1 The skin check consultation; 5.2 Photo-documentation; 5.3 Patient safety: tracking specimens and self-audit; 5.4 The lives of lesions; Chapter 6:Chaos and clues: a decision algorithm for pigmented lesions 6.1 Chaos and clues; 6.2 Chaos; 6.3 Clues; 6.4 Exceptions; 6.5 Excluding unequivocal seborrhoeic keratoses from biopsy Chapter7 : Prediction without pigment: a decision algorithm for non-pigmented skinlesions 7.1 Prediction without pigment; 7.2 Prediction without pigment: short version; 7.3 Conclusion Chapter 8 : Pattern analysis 8.1Revised pattern analysis – a diagnostic algorithm; 8.2An aide-memoire for revised pattern analysis of pigmented skin lesions; 8.3Applying the aide-memoire in practice Chapter 9: Dermatoscopic features of common andsignificant lesions: pigmented and non-pigmented 9.1Melanoma: pigmented and non-pigmented; 9.2Melanocytic naevi: pigmented and non-pigmented; 9.3Basal cell carcinoma: pigmented and non-pigmented; 9.4Benign keratinocytic lesions; 9.5Actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma insitu and squamous cell carcinoma; 9.6Dermatofibroma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; 9.7Haemangioma and other vascular lesions; 9.8Merkel cell carcinoma; 9.9Atypical fibroxanthoma; 9.10Adnexal tumours; 9.11Neurofibroma; 9.12Molluscum contagiosum; 9.13Cutaneous lymphoma; 9.14Kaposi sarcoma Index
• Publisher Details: Banbury : Scion Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: 616.99/477; Skin -- Cancer -- Diagnosis; Skin Neoplasms -- diagnosis; Dermoscopy -- methods; Skin -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781911510437; 1911510436
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