edited by
Gunter Burg
and Werner Kempf
With color photos throughout, Cutaneous Lymphomas
- presents valuable research on the diagnosis and therapy of various types of cutaneous lymphomas and related disorders
- presents basic information for clear understanding of the morphological, histological, and functional features of proliferating lymphoid cell infiltrates
- offers a collection of detailed chapters by experts in the field of lymphoproliferative disorders of the skin
- describes the morphology, phenotyping, and genotyping of lymphopolifrative infiltrates and details the clinical staging of disease and performance of laboratory tests for patients with lymphopolifrative skin infiltrades
- covers topics in cytogenetics, functional profiling, and the classification of nodal and of extra-nodal cutaneous lymphomas adopted to the new WHO/EORTC-consensus classification
- categorizes the various nosologic entities according to their biological behavior, in comparison with the nodal counterparts
Cutaneous Lymphomas serves as an authoritative source of information on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of cutaneous lymphomas-reflecting the state-of-the-art in the field of cutaneous lymphomas-presented in the context of the brand-new WHO/EORTC-consensus-classification.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of Cutaneous Lymphomas
- Structure and Function of the Lymphoid System
- Dignostic Approach to Cutaneous Lymphomas
- Classifications of Lymphomas
- Nosologic Entities
- Skin Involvement in Leukemias
- Paraneoplastic Reactions in Lymphoproliferative and Leukemic Disorders
- Histiocytic Disorders
- Diseases with Undetermined Nosologic Assignment to Cutaneous Lymphomas or Pseudolumphomas
- Etiology and Pathogenesis of Cutaneous Lymphomas and Pseudolymphomas
- Therapy of Cutaneous Lymphomas
- Prgnosis
- Concepts, Misconceptions and Controversies
Index
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