Main description:

As a result to the recent significant developments, both in the field of cutaneous pathology and clinical dermatology, many cutaneous neural tumors are now being diagnosed by specialists like dermatopathologists, and treated by dermatologists or dermatologic surgeons. Cutaneous Neural Neoplasms: A Practical Guide provides an essential aid in diagnosis by discussing the cardinal clinico-pathologic features of cutaneous tumors relevant to these specialists. It covers detailed pathologic features, and their differential diagnosis. Applicable special diagnostic techniques are extensively illustrated. Whenever relevant, key therapeutic recommendations are provided. The authors approach each entity by presenting clinical and/or gross photographs when relevant with discussion of the clinical features, followed by the tabulated list of key pathologic features with corresponding histopathologic illustrations. Therapeutic recommendations are summarized. Cutaneous Neural Neoplasms: A Practical Guide is an important new volume that fills a major gap in the currently available resources for practicing physicians, and provides them with an appropriate knowledge base to handle these challenging tumors in the most up-to-date fashion.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Peripheral Nerve and Cutaneous Neural Tumors: Introduction, Definitions and Classification

Chapter 2. Special Techniques for the Study of Cutaneous Neural Tumors

Chapter 3. Non-neoplastic and Hamartomatous Lesions of the Cutaneous Peripheral Nerves

Chapter 4. Benign Cutaneous Neoplasms with Peripheral Nerve Differentiation

Chapter 5. Malignant Cutaneous Neoplasms with Peripheral Nerve Differentiation

Chapter 6. Cutaneous Neoplasms with Putative Neural Differentiation

Chapter 7. Cutaneous Neuroblastic and Ganglion cell Proliferations

Chapter 8. Cutaneous Glial and Meningothelial Proliferations

Appendix.
Practical approach to neural tumors: Flowcharts and differential diagnostic tables