Dermatopathology A-Z Vladimir Vincek

Dermatopathology A-Z Vladimir Vincek Dermatopathology A-Z A Comprehensive Guide Vladimir Vincek Department of Dermatology College of Medicine University of Florida Gainesville, FL USA ISBN 978-3-319-89485-0 ISBN 978-3-319-89486-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89486-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018951196 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. 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This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland This book is dedicated to my parents, who provided me with an enriching childhood, to my wife for all of her patience, understanding, and support, and to my children for some unforgettable moments that always brighten my days. Preface The field of dermatopathology can be overwhelming unlike any other part of pathology because of the sheer number of different skin diseases. There are hundreds of different skin entities, many of which have multiple variants. The goal of this book was to help dermatologists and pathologists master the field of dermatopathology through a visual approach. The majority of dermatologists and pathologists, including myself, have a visual learning style and value a good image over a thousand words. Being able to notice visual details and tuning in to similarities and differences makes an expert. The book is alphabetically organized, so that one can rapidly locate a disease and gather a visual image and succinct pathological description. I tried to make the book comprehensive with all skin entities known to myself, although I am sure that some very rare entities were probably missed. As the emphasis is on visual learning, the great majority of diseases (with the excep- tion of some extremely rare diseases) are illustrated by images from two different cases. The reason for this is that no two cases of the same disease have identical histomorphology. It is important for the audience to visualize varia- tions in disease presentation. Also, for every case, low, medium, and high power images are shown as this is how dermatopathologists develop diagnosis under the microscope and build their visual image of the disease histomorphology. On the other hand, although the book is comprehensive, the text was kept succinct for the purpose of focusing only on the diagnostic criteria needed for diagnosis. The goal was to describe all diseases in no more than five lines that are easily memorized and then accompany the text with high-quality images. That way, a novice to the field can quickly learn diagnostic criteria and mem- orize the images. On the other hand, an experienced dermatopathologist or surgical pathologist can quickly refresh his/her visual memory by reviewing images of two cases of the particular disease. It is difficult to define the success of the book. However, for me it will be if any of the book’s images help a resident solve an unknown slide or a diag- nostician renders the correct diagnosis. Gainesville, FL, USA Vladimir Vincek vii Acknowledgment I am immensely thankful to Dr. Mehrdad Nadji who taught me how to think as a pathologist and Dr. George Elgart who taught me how to become a better dermatopathologist. I also thank all of my colleagues and residents who have helped me build my personal collection of dermatopathology slides and images used to create this book. Special thanks to my colleagues Drs. François Aubin, Andrea Azaola, Jisun Cha, Ko-Ron Chen, Monica da Silva-Nunes, Christopher Demarco, Fernando Toledo de Oliveira, Mohamed Desouki, Jerad Gardner, Murat Gokden, Lena Gowring, John Griffin, Lawrence Hall, Koremasa Hayama, Shivani Kandukuri, Viktorya Kazlouskaya, Christine Ko, Ivanka Kovalushyn, Larissa Larsen, Jason Lee, Konstantinos Linos, Mar Llamas-Velasco, Bogdan Lytvynenko, Kelly Magliocca, Kiran Mothaparthi, Annie Morrison, Melissa Piliang, Tania Gonzalez Santiago, Mary Stone, Claudia Vidal, and Julie Wu who were kind enough to provide me with images or slides of some unique disease entities that I did not have in my collection. I also want to express my gratitude to Dr. Christopher Demarco, my fellow at the time, who read the first draft of the book and gave me very helpful sug- gestions, as well as to Dr. Claire Haycox and my daughter Sara, who helped me tremendously with editing. And I would like to thank Connie Walsh, Rebekah Collins, and Asja Rehse of Springer for their efficient and profes- sional help with editing.

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