Atlas of Cutaneous Lymphomas. Classification and Differential Diagnosis

Description

This atlas contains excellent clinical and histopathologic images and text of each of the types of cutaneous lymphoma (around 25 entities). It is the first go-to text for those who are considering a diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoma in their differential diagnosis. The text also includes diagnostic mimics of lymphoma and differential diagnosis tables and algorithms. The target audience is general practitioners, dermatologists, pathologists and students, residents and fellows. The diagnosis of lymphoma in the skin is confounded by the myriad of disorders that can mimic lymphoma clinically and histopathologically and by inconsistencies in the diagnostic classification that have only recently been resolved. In the last decade the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Cutaneous Lymphoma Group and the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborated in a series of workshops and consensus meetings to arrive at a definitive classification scheme for cutaneous lymphoma. Unfortunately, the publication by the WHO that described this schema included all lymphomas and has the skin tumors scattered throughout the volume. There is currently no go to text for those who are considering a diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoma in their differential diagnosis. As a result there continues to be confusion about the diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoma, although this classification scheme was published in 2008.

Feature:

• Contains information on the latest lymphoma classification scheme and how to apply it
• Highly illustrated with clinical and histopathological images of superb quality
• Includes differential diagnosis and important benign mimics of lymphoma

Contents

History and Genesis of the EORTC/WHO Lymphoma classification.- Beyond the routine processing: immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization and genetic analysis.- Mycosis fungoides.- MF variants and subtypes.- Folliculotropic MF.- Pagetoid reticulosis.- Granulomatous slack skin.- Sézary syndrome.- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.- Primary cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorders.- Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma.- Lymphomatoid papulosis.- Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma.- Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type.- Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, rare subtypes.- Primary cutaneous CD8-positive aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma.- Primary cutaneous gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma.- Primary cutaneous CD4-positive small/medium T-cell lymphoma.- Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT).- Primary cutaneous follicle centre lymphoma.- Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type.- Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma.- Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm.- Clinical mimics of T cell lymphomas.- Clinical mimics of B cell lymphomas.- Histopathologic mimics of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.- Histopathologic mimics of cutaneous B cell lymphoma.- Glossary.