Pediatric Dermatopathology

This book provides practicing pathologists, dermatologists, cutaneous oncologists and dermatopathologists with a reference textbook that reviews the clinical and histopathologic features of skin disorders that affect children, along with a discussion of the molecular pathogenesis for each disease as it is currently known. The book includes a concise discussion of the clinical presentation, as well as the histologic and, when appropriate, immunohistochemical features of each disease. The book is divided into two main sections, non-neoplastic and neoplastic skin diseases. Each section is comprised of a series of chapters organized according to histologic findings rather than by clinical classification systems. This will enable the practicing pathologist to browse chapters based upon observation of routine histologic patterns. Each chapter addresses the differential diagnoses of skin disorders with focus on salient histologic characteristics. The text is richly illustrated withover 1000 colorful clinical and histologic photographs for each of the 400 entities discussed. Pediatric Dermatopathology provides a microscope table reference for the practicing pediatric pathologist, general pathologist and dermatopathologist. Further, it will serve as a reference volume for dermatologists, pediatricians and oncologic surgeons.

Each chapter addresses the differential diagnoses of skin disorders demonstrating the salient histologic anomalies Includes in-depth discussions of the clinical findings, as well as the histologic and immunohistochemical features of each disease Richly illustrated with color photomicrographs Written by experts in the field

Autorentext

Thuy L. Phung, MD, PhD
Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Houston, Texas, USA

Teresa S. Wright, MD, FAAD, FAAP
Division Chief, Pediatric Dermatology LeBonheur Children's Hospital
Associate Professor, Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Crystal Y. Pourciau, MD, MPH, FAAD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Bruce R. Smoller, MD
Professor and ChairDepartment of PathologyUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryRochester, NY USABruce_Smoller@urmc.rochester.edu

Inhalt
Preface.- Genodermatoses.- Spongiotic (eczematous) dermatoses.- Vesicular and bullous dermatoses.- Papulosquamous diseases.- Interface dermatoses.- Dermatoses with minimal epidermal changes.- Granulomatous diseases.- Connective tissue diseases.- Vasculitides, vasculopathies and neutrophilic infiltrates.- Panniculitis.- Inflammatory disorders of the cutaneous appendages.- Bacterial and protozoal diseases of the skin.- Viral and rickettsial diseases of the skin.- Fungal infestations.- Insect bites and infestations.- Nutritional disorders.- Deposition disorders.- Disorders of pigmentation.- Diseases of the nails and hair.- Iatrogenic dermatologic conditions.- Melanocytic proliferations and other pigmented lesions.- Vascular anomalies and proliferations.- Hematopoietic proliferations.- Keratinocytic cysts, proliferations and neoplasms.- Fibrous proliferations.- Neural proliferations.- Adipocyte proliferations.- Smooth muscle, cartilage, bone proliferations.- Benign hamartomatous proliferations.- Cutaneous metastases.