MELANOMA, MELANOMA ARISING IN A NEVUS, MELANOCYTIC NEVI, DYSPLASTIC NEVI, SPITZ NEVUS, SENTINEL LYMPH NODE IN MELANOMA AND OTHER TOPICS
The first Italian site of Dermatopathology


CARMELO URSO, M.D.
Head Anatomic Pathology Unit
Dermatopathology Section
Health Unit 10 of Florence

S. M. Annunziata Hospital
Via dell’Antella 58
I-50011 Antella Firenze (Italy)
telefono +39 055 6936416
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pages and sections

What is dermatopathology? What is melanoma?
some explanations
page 1
Melanoma of the skin
page 2
Histological diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma
page 3
Melanoma arising in a melanocytic nevus
page 4
Infiltration and pseudoinfiltration
page 5
Sweat gland carcinomas
page 6
The sentinel lymph node in cutaneous melanoma
page 7
Bullous cutaneous diseases
page 8
Spitz nevus
page 9
Prognostic factors in cutaneous melanoma
page 10
The dysplastic nevus
page 11
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
page 12
Melanoma in situ
page 13
Merkel cell carcinoma
page 14
Basal cell carcinoma
page 15
Melanoma in paediatric age
last page
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NEW: DOWNLOAD SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES (PDF):

Spatial association between melanocytic nevi and melanoma (Melanoma Res 1991) [947KB])

Atypical histological features in melanocytic nevi (Am J Dermatopathol 2000) [401KB])

Carcinomas of sweat glands. Report of 60 cases (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001) [600KB])

The Spitz question: notes for an alternative view (2006) [1.03MB])

Updated 08.09.2011