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

Building 6

Augusta, Georgia 30909

SECTION I. Tumours of the Epidermis

Chapter 1. Adenoid (Acantholytic) Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 2. Clear cell and signet ring cell squamous carcinoma

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 3.Squamous cell carcinoma with mucinous metaplasia

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 4. Adenosquamous cell carcinoma

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 5. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 6. Carcinosarcoma

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 7. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

SECTION II. Tumours of hair follicle and sebaceous gland

Chapter 8. Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 9.Basal Cell Carcinoma with Matrical Differentiation

Sara C. Shalin and Bruce R. Smoller

Chapter 10.Trichoblastic Carcinoma

Jennifer Kaley, Sara Shalin, and Bruce Smoller

Chapter 11. Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 12. Trichilemmal carcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 13. Pilomatrix carcinoma

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 14. Sebaceous gland carcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

SECTION III.Tumours of apocrine gland

Chapter 15.Primary cutaneous apocrine adenocarcinoma

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 16. Extramammary Paget's Disease

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirit

Chapter 17. Primary Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Sara C. Shalin and Bruce R. Smoller

Chapter 18. Malignant mixed tumor of skin

Jerad M. Gardner and Bruce R. Smoller

Chapter 19. Hidradenocarcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 20. Malignant cylindroma

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 21. Malignant Eccrine Spiradenoma

Valentina Caputo and Franco Rongioletti

SECTION IV. Tumours of eccrine gland

Chapter 22. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 23. Syringoid Eccrine Carcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 24. Digital papillary adenocarcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 25. Porocarcinoma

Irina Margaritescu, Sara Shalin and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 26. Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the eyelid/Histiocytoid variant of eccrine sweat gland carcinoma of the eyelid Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 27. Primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 28. Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma

Franco Rongioletti

SECTION V. Tumours of fibrous and myofibroblastic tissue

Chapter 29. Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma

Elisa Cinotti, Catherine Douchet, and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 30. Myxofibrosarcoma

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 31. Fibrosarcoma

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 32. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 33. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma(pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma)

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 34. Epithelioid sarcoma

Irina Margaritescu, A. Doru Chirita and Florina Vasilescu

SECTION VI. Tumours of vessels

Chapter 35. Composite Hemangioendothelioma

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 36. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Elisa Cinotti, Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 37. Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma

Elisa Cinotti, Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 38. Retiform Hemangioendothelioma

Elise Cinotti, Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 39. Pseudomyogenic Hemangioendothelioma

Lauren N Stuart, Jerad M Gardner and Bruce R Smoller

SECTION VII. Tumours of fat

Chapter 40.Spindle cell liposarcoma

Elisa Cinotti, Catherine Douchet, and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 41. Myxoid liposarcoma

Irina Margaritescu, A. Doru Chirita and Florina Vasilescu

SECTION VIII.Tumours of Muscle

Chapter 42. Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 43. Primary Cutaneous Rhabdomyosarcoma

Jerad M. Gardner and Bruce R Smoller

Chapter 44. Malignant rhabdoid tumour

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

SECTION IX. Tumours of Bone

Chapter 45. Primary cutaneous extraskeletal osteosarcoma

Jerad M. Gardner and Bruce R Smoller

SECTION X. Melanocytic tumours

Chapter 46. Desmoplastic melanoma

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 47. Signet Ring Cell Melanoma

Sara C. Shalin and Bruce R. Smoller

Chapter 48.Myxoid melanoma

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 49. Rhabdoid melanoma

Jerad M. Gardner and Bruce R. Smoller

Chapter 50. Balloon cell melanoma

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 51. Minimal Deviation Melanoma/Nevoid Melanoma

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 52. Spitzoid melanoma

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 53. Nested melanoma of the elderly

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 54. Malignant blue nevus

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 55. Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue (Malignant melanoma of soft tissue)

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

SECTION XI. Neuroendocrine, neuroectodermal and nervous tumours

Chapter 56. Merkel cell carcinoma

Elisa Cinotti and Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 57. Primary cutaneous Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Jerad M. Gardner and Bruce R. Smoller

Chapter 58. Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Irina Margaritescu, A. Doru Chirita and Florina Vasilescu

SECTION XII. Hematopoietic tumors

Chapter 59. Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Folliculotropic Mycosis

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 60. Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Granulomatous slack skin variant of mycosis fungoides

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 61. Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Localized pagetoid reticulosis (Woringer-Kolopp type)

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 62. Rare Variants of Mycosis Fungoides: Syringotropic mycosis fungoides

Irina Margaritescu and A. Doru Chirita

Chapter 63. Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia

Werner Kempf and Marianne Tinguely

Chapter 64. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma

Werner Kempf and Christina Mitteldorf

Chapter 65. Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type

Werner Kempf and Marianne Tinguely

Chapter 66. Primary cutaneous CD8+ aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma Werner Kempf and Alistair Robson

Chapter 67. Primary cutaneous Gamma/d T-cell lymphoma

Werner Kempf

Chapter 68. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type

Werner Kempf and Christina Mitteldorf

Chapter 69.Intravascular lymphoma

Werner Kempf, Christina Mitteldorf

Chapter 70. Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm

Werner Kempf

SECTION XIII. Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies

Chapter 71. Cutaneous Metastases of Breast Carcinoma

Irina Margaritescu

Chapter 72. Cutaneous metastases of the gastrointestinal tract

Irina Margaritescu

Chapter 73. Cutaneous metastases of lung cancer

Irina Margaritescu

Chapter 74. Cutaneous metastases of the kidney and urogenital system

Franco Rongioletti

Chapter 75. Miscellaneous Skin Metastases

Franco Rongioletti.

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.