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Contents SECTION 1 Fibrohistiocytic Tumors 1 Classification Of Contents SECTION 1 Fibrohistiocytic Tumors 1 Classification of Fibrohistiocytic Tumors 2 Dermatofibroma 3 Juvenile Xanthogranuloma 4 Solitary Reticulohistiocytoma and Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis 5 Acrochordons and Pendulous Fibromas 6 Cutaneous Solitary Fibrous Tumor 7 Sclerotic Fibroma (Storiform Collagenoma) 8 Plaque-Like CD34-Positive Dermal Fibroma (Medallion-Like Dermal Dendrocyte Hamartoma) 9 Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (Collagenous Fibroma) 10 Pleomorphic Fibroma of the Skin 11 Fibroma of Tendon Sheath 12 Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath 13 Cutaneous Myxoma 14 Superficial Acral Fibromyxoma 15 Cellular Digital Fibroma 16 Nuchal Fibroma and Gardner Syndrome–Associated Fibroma 17 Cerebriform Collagenoma Associated with Proteus Syndrome 18 Elastofibroma 19 Nodular Fasciitis, Proliferative Fasciitis, and Ischemic Fasciitis 20 Fibromatosis 21 Juvenile Hyaline Fibromatosis 22 Fibrous Hamartoma of Infancy 23 Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma 24 Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans 25 Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma 26 Plexiform Fibrohistiocytic Tumor 27 Soft Tissue Giant Cell Tumor of Low Malignant Potential 28 Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor 29 Inflammatory Myxohyaline Tumor of Distal Extremities 30 Atypical Fibroxanthoma 31 Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma 32 Fibrosarcoma 33 Epithelioid Sarcoma 34 Synovial Sarcoma 35 Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma SECTION 2 Myofibroblastic and Muscle Tumors 36 Myofibroblasts, Muscle Cells, and Classification of Skin Proliferations with Myofibroblastic and Muscle Differentiation 37 Infantile Myofibromatosis 38 Infantile Digital Fibromatosis 39 Cutaneous Myopericytoma (Adult Cutaneous Myofibroma) 40 Cutaneous PEComa 41 Dermatomyofibroma (Plaque-Like Dermal Fibromatosis) 42 Genital Angiomyofibroblastoma 43 Myofibroblastic Sarcoma 44 Smooth Muscle Hamartoma 45 Piloleiomyoma 46 Angioleiomyoma 47 Cutaneous Angiolipoleiomyoma 48 Leiomyomas of the External Genitalia 49 Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma 50 Striated Muscle Hamartoma (Rhabdomyomatous Mesenchymal Hamartoma) 51 Extracardiac Rhabdomyoma 52 Cutaneous Rhabdomyosarcoma SECTION 3 Vascular Tumors 53 Histology of Cutaneous Vascularization and Classification of Cutaneous Vascular Anomalies 54 Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis 55 Eccrine Angiomatous Hamartoma 56 Nevus Anemicus 57 Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita 58 Salmon Patch and Port-Wine Stain or Nevus Flammeus 59 Cutaneous Venous, Glomus, and Arteriovenous Malformations 60 Cutaneous Lymphatic Malformations 61 Vascular Spider (Nevus Araneus) 62 Caliber-Persistent Artery 63 Capillary Aneurysm and Venous Lake 64 Telangiectases 65 Angiokeratomas 66 Verrucous Hemangioma 67 Lymphangiectases 68 Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia 69 Pyogenic Granuloma 70 Bacillary Angiomatosis 71 Verruga Peruana 72 Cutaneous Epithelioid Angiomatous Nodule 73 Reactive Angioendotheliomatosis 74 Intralymphatic Histiocytosis 75 Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia (Masson Pseudoangiosarcoma) 76 Pseudo-Kaposi Sarcoma 77 Serpiginous Angioma 78 Infantile Hemangiomas 79 Senile Hemangioma 80 Acral Arteriovenous Hemangioma 81 Hobnail Hemangioma (Targetoid Hemosiderotic Hemangioma) 82 Microvenular Hemangioma 83 Tufted Hemangioma 84 Glomeruloid Hemangioma 85 Acquired Elastotic Hemangioma 86 Sinusoidal Hemangioma 87 Spindle Cell Hemangioma 88 Benign Lymphangioendothelioma 89 Atypical Postradiation Vascular Lesions of the Skin 90 Glomus Tumors 91 Kaposi Sarcoma 92 Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma 93 Papillary Intralymphatic Angioendothelioma (PILA) (Dabska Tumor) 94 Retiform Hemangioendothelioma 95 Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma 96 Pseudomyogenic Hemangioendothelioma 97 Composite Hemangioendothelioma 98 Cutaneous Angiosarcoma of the Face and Scalp in Elderly Patients (Wilson Jones Angiosarcoma) 99 Cutaneous Angiosarcoma with Associated Lymphedema 100 Postirradiation Cutaneous Angiosarcoma 101 Epithelioid Angiosarcoma 102 Malignant Glomus Tumor (Glomangiosarcoma) 103 Multinucleate Cell Angiohistiocytoma 104 Angiofibroma 105 Aggressive Angiomyxoma 106 Kimura Disease 107 Pseudolymphomatous Angiokeratoma in Children SECTION 4 Neural Tumors 108 Histology, Ultrastructure, and Immunohistochemistry of Peripheral Nerves: Classification of Skin Tumors of Neural Origin 109 Neural Hamartomas 110 Hyperplasia of Pacini Corpuscles 111 Glial Heterotopia (Nasal Glioma) 112 Meningeal Heterotopia (Cutaneous Meningioma) 113 Neuromas 114 Neurofibroma and Neurofibromatosis 115 Schwannoma 116 Granular Cell Tumor 117 Nerve Sheath Myxoma and Neurothekeoma 118 Perineurioma 119 Cutaneous Ganglioneuroma 120 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor 121 Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Cutaneous Tumor 122 Malignant Granular Cell Tumor SECTION 5 Adipose Tumors 123 Histology of Normal Subcutis and Classification of Adipose Proliferations 124 Piezogenic Papules 125 Nevus Lipomatosus Cutaneous Superficialis 126 Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Nerve 127 Lipomas and Lipomatosis 128 Angiolipoma 129 Chondroid Lipoma 130 Spindle Cell Lipoma/Pleomorphic Lipoma 131 Lipofibromatosis 132 Hemosiderotic Fibrolipomatous Tumor 133 Lipoblastoma and Lipoblastomatosis 134 Hibernoma 135 Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma 136 Undifferentiated Liposarcoma SECTION 6 Cartilage Tumors 137 Histology of Normal Cartilage and Classification of Cartilaginous Lesions of the Skin 138 Accessory Tragus 139 Extraskeletal Chondroma 140 Subungual Osteochondroma (Subungual Exostosis) SECTION 7 Ossifying Tumors 141 Normal Bone Histology and Classification of Ossifying Lesions Presenting in the Skin 142 Osteoma Cutis 143 Fibro-Osseous Pseudotumor of the Digits 144 Ossifying Plexiform Tumor 145 Ossifying Fibromyxoid Tumor 146 Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma SECTION 8 Myoepithelial Tumors 147 Myoepithelioma and Myoepithelial Carcinoma SECTION 9 Melanocytic Tumors 148 Cutaneous Clear Cell Sarcoma SECTION 10 Tumors of Unknown Histogenesis 149 Primary 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