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Table of Contents:

Preface
Sect. I Fundamentals and Techniques 1
2 Normal Skin Structure 5
3 Technical Data, Including Pitfalls and Artifacts 49
4 Immunopathology of the Skin 69
5 General Pathology: Terminology 83
6 Systematics of Histopathologic Interpretation 101
Sect. II Superficial Inflammatory Processes 105
7 Eczematous Tissue Reactions 107
8 Psoriasiform Tissue Reactions 123
9 Lichenoid and Poikilodermatous Tissue Reactions 139
10 Toxic, Allergic, and Multiform Erythemas 155
11 Vesicular and Bullous Diseases 169
12 Inflammatory Viral Diseases 193
13 Miscellaneous Papulosquamous Eruptions 203
Sect. III Deep Inflammatory Processes 217
14 Lupus Erythematosus and Related Conditions 219
15 Dermal Vasculitides and Other Vascular Disorders 231
16 Subcutaneous Inflammations: Panniculitis 245
17 Ulcers 257
18 Inflammation Involving the Pilosebaceous Complex 267
19 Alopecias Associated with Inflammation 283
20 Inflammation Involving Eccrine or Apocrine Glands 289
Sect. IV Granulomatous Inflammation and Proliferation 295
21 Predominantly Mononuclear Granulomas 299
22 Mixed-Cell Granulomas 325
23 Palisading Granulomas 343
24 Predominantly Histiocytic Lesions 355
25 Histiocytosis X (Langerhans Cell Granulomas) 367
Sect. V Metabolic and Other Noninflammatory Dermal Diseases 373
26 Changes of Collagen and Ground Substance 375
27 Disorders of the Elastic Fibers 395
28 Various Extracellular Deposits 411
Sect. VI Nonneoplastic Epithelial and Pigmentary Disorders 421
29 Darier's, Hailey-Hailey's, and Grover's Diseases 423
30 Icthyosiform Dermatoses 431
31 Pigmentary Disorders 441
32 Viral Epidermoses 451
Sect. VII Malformation and Neoplasia 463
33 Melanocytic Tumors and Malformations 469
34 Epidermal Nevi and Benign Epidermoid Tumors 515
35 Epidermal Precancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and Pseudocarcinoma 541
36 Nevus Sebaceous and Sebaceous Tumors 565
37 Hair Nevi and Hair Follicle Tumors 573
38 Cysts Related to the Adnexa 595
39 Sweat Apparatus Tumors 607
40 Basal Cell Epithelioma 629
41 Adenocarcinoma and Metastatic Carcinoma 649
42 Mesodermal Nevi and Tumors 669
43 Vascular Nevi and Tumors 699
44 Neural Tumors 723
45 Lymphoproliferative Neoplasms 733
Sect. VIII Mucous Membrane, Hair, and Nails 761
46 Lesions of the Mucous Membranes 763
47 Lesions of the Hair and Nails 781
Index 801