Dermatoscopy and skin cancer : a handbook for hunters of skin cancer and melanoma /: a handbook for hunters of skin cancer and melanoma. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cliff Rosendahl, 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 and non-polarised dermatoscopy; 1.5 Uses of dermatoscopy for conditions other than 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 for dermatoscopists 3.1 From the scalpel to the microscope; 3.2 The histology of normal skin; 3.3 Terminology used in dermatopathology; 3.4 Dermatoscopic histological correlation of neoplastic lesions Chapter 4: The language of dermatoscopy: naming and defining structures and patterns 4.1 The evolution of metaphoric terminology for dermatoscopic structures 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 white structures; 4.6 Revised pattern analysis applied to lesions with orange, yellow and skin-coloured structures; 4.7 Revised pattern analysis applied to vessel structures and patterns; 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' (Chaos, Clues and Exceptions): a decision algorithm for pigmented skin lesions 6.1 'Chaos and Clues'; 6.2 Chaos; 6.3 Clues; 6.4 Exceptions; 6.5 Excluding unequivocal seborrhoeic keratoses from biopsy; Chapter 7: 'Prediction without Pigment': a decision algorithm for non-pigmented skin lesions 7.1 'Prediction without Pigment'; 7.2 'Prediction without Pigment': short version; 7.3 Conclusion; Chapter 8: Pattern analysis 8.1 Revised pattern analysis – a diagnostic algorithm; 8.2 An aide-memoire for revised pattern analysis of pigmented skin lesions; 8.3 Applying the aide-memoire in practice Chapter 9: Dermatoscopic features of common and significant lesions: pigmented and non-pigmented 9.1 Melanoma: pigmented and non-pigmented; 9.2 Melanocytic naevi: pigmented and non-pigmented; 9.3 Basal cell carcinoma: pigmented and non-pigmented; 9.4 Benign keratinocytic lesions; 9.5 Actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma in situ and squamous cell carcinoma; 9.6 Dermatofibroma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; 9.7 Haemangioma and other vascular lesions; 9.8 Merkel cell carcinoma; 9.9 Atypical fibroxanthoma; 9.10 Adnexal tumours; 9.11 Neurofibroma; 9.12 Molluscum contagiosum; 9.13 Cutaneous lymphoma; 9.14 Kaposi sarcoma Index
• Edition: Updated edition
• Publisher Details: Banbury : Scion Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 616.994770758; Skin -- Cancer -- Diagnosis; Skin -- Microscopy; Melanoma -- Diagnosis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781914961229
• Related ISBNs: 9781914961205
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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