Rare Malignant Skin Tumors

This book provides practitioners with a single volume that reviews the clinical and pathologic features of rarely encountered cutaneous neoplasms. The text includes an in-depth discussion of the clinical findings, as well as the histologic and immunologic features of these diseases that are rarely encountered, reported, or recognized. Additional laboratory data used to make and support the diagnoses with some therapeutic and prognostic hints are discussed for each entity. The volume is organized into general categories correlating with the cell(s) of origin. An atlas of clinical manifestations is presented for each entity that will serve as a bedside clinical reference, followed by a series of photomicrographs depicting the histologic changes. In all cases, recent updates on molecular tools helpful in attaining the diagnosis are added to the sections on histology and immunohistochemistry.

Rare Malignant Skin Tumors is a valuable bedside reference for the practicing dermatopathologist, general pathologist reviewing skin biopsies, general dermatologists, cutaneous oncologists and Mohs’ surgeons.

Adenoid (Acantholytic) Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Clear cell and signet ring cell squamous carcinoma.- Squamous cell carcinoma with mucinous metaplasia.- Adenosquamous cell carcinoma.- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma.- Carcinosarcoma.- Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.- Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus.- Basal Cell Carcinoma with Matrical Differentiation.- Trichoblastic Carcinoma.- Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor.- Trichilemmal carcinoma.- Pilomatrix carcinoma.- Sebaceous gland carcinoma.- Primary cutaneous apocrine adenocarcinoma.- Extramammary Paget’s Disease.- Primary Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.- Malignant mixed tumor of skin.- Hidradenocarcinoma.- Malignant cylindroma.- Malignant Eccrine Spiradenoma.- Microcystic adnexal carcinoma.- Syringoid Eccrine Carcinoma.- Digital papillary adenocarcinoma.- Porocarcinoma.- Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the eyelid/Histiocytoid variant of eccrine sweat gland carcinoma of the eyelid.- Primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin.- Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma.- Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma.- Myxofibrosarcoma.- Fibrosarcoma.- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma(pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma).- Epithelioid sarcoma.- Composite Hemangioendothelioma.- Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.- Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma.- Retiform Hemangioendothelioma.-  Pseudomyogenic Hemangioendothelioma.- Spindle cell liposarcoma.- Myxoid liposarcoma.- Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma.- Primary Cutaneous Rhabdomyosarcoma.- Malignant rhabdoid tumour.- Primary cutaneous extraskeletal osteosarcoma.- Desmoplastic melanoma.- Signet Ring Cell Melanoma.- Myxoid melanoma.- Rhabdoid melanoma.- Balloon cell melanoma.- Minimal Deviation Melanoma/Nevoid Melanoma.- Spitzoid melanoma.- Nested melanoma of the elderly.- Malignant blue nevus.- Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue (Malignant melanoma of soft tissue).- Merkel cell carcinoma.- Primary cutaneous Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor.-Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor.- Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Folliculotropic Mycosis.- Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Granulomatous slack skin variant of mycosis fungoides.-  Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Localized pagetoid reticulosis (Woringer-Kolopp type).- Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Syringotropic mycosis fungoides.- Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia.- Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma.- Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type.- Primary cutaneous CD8+ aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma.- Primary cutaneous ?/d T-cell lymphoma.- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type.- Intravascular lymphoma.- Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.- Cutaneous Metastases of Breast Carcinoma.- Cutaneous metastases of the gastrointestinal tract.- Cutaneous metastases of lung cancer.- Cutaneous metastases of the kidney and urogenital system.- Miscellaneous Skin Metastases.

Franco Rongioletti, MD

University of Genoa

Professor of Dermatology

Department of Health Sciences, DISSAL

Consultant in Dermatopathology

Pathology Division IRCSS-AOU S. Martino-IST

Genova, Italy

Irina Margaritescu, MD, DipRCPath

Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist

Onco Team Diagnostic, Anatomic Pathology Laboratory, Monza Hospital

Department of Dermatology, Medcenter Medical Center

Bucharest, Romania

Bruce R. Smoller, MD

Executive Vice President

United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology

3643 Walton Way Extension

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Augusta, Georgia 30909