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Record Nr.

UNISA996214591303316

Autore

Cerroni Lorenzo

Titolo

An illustrated guide to skin lymphoma / / Lorenzo Cerroni, Kevin Gatter, Helmut Kerl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-280-19720-X

9786610197200

0-470-79756-8

0-470-98744-8

1-4051-4026-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GatterKevin

KerlHelmut

Disciplina

616.99

Soggetti

Skin - Cancer

Lymphomas

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Chapter 10 Marginal zone lymphoma and cutaneous immunocytoma""""Chapter 11 Plasmacytoma""; ""Chapter 12 Large B-cell lymphoma, leg type""; ""Chapter 13 B-lymphoblastic lymphoma""; ""Chapter 14 B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia""; ""Chapter 15 Other cutaneous B-cell lymphomas""; ""Part 3 Blastic NK-cell lymphoma""; ""Chapter 16 Blastic NK-cell lymphoma""; ""Part 4 Cutaneous Hodgkin lymphoma""; ""Chapter 17 Cutaneous Hodgkin lymphoma""; ""Part 5 Other cutaneous lymphomas/leukaemias""; ""Chapter 18 Cutaneous myelogenous leukaemia""

""Chapter 19 Cutaneous lymphomas in immunosuppressed individuals (post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders, HIV-associated cutaneous lymphomas)""""Part 6 Pseudolymphomas of the skin""; ""Chapter 20 Pseudolymphomas of the skin""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Skin lymphomas are relatively rare. They may arise in the skin itself and as a by-product of HIV infection, or may arise elsewhere as a result of



Hodgkin's disease, B cell lymphomas or leukaemia. Whatever the cause, they can easily be overlooked as psoriasis or dermatitis.    Diagnosis of skin lymphoma is difficult and making the wrong diagnosis can prove fatal. Consequently, those in training in dermatology and pathology need to have a good understanding of the clinical presentations and the pathological correlates of this challenging disease.   An Illustrated Guide to Skin Lymphoma is a beau