Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

vii

 

Acknowledgments

ix

Chapter 1

Shape on Low Power

1

 

Polypoid

3

 

Square/Rectangular

8

 

Regular Acanthosis

14

 

Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia Above Abscesses

18

 

Proliferation Downward from Epidermis

22

 

Central Pore

32

 

Palisading Reactions

36

 

Space with a Lining

41

 

Epidermal Perforation

52

 

Cords and Tubules

55

 

Papillated Dermal Tumor

61

 

(Suggestion Of) Vessels

68

 

Circular Dermal Islands

So

Chapter 2

Top-Down

85

 

Hyperkeratosis/Parakeratosis

87

 

Upper Epidermal Change

98

 

Acantholysis

108

 

Eosinophilic Spongiosis

118

 

Subepidermal Space/Cleft

124

 

Perivascular Infiltrate

131

 

Band-Like Upper Dermal Infiltrate

136

 

Interface Reaction

141

 

Granular “Material” in Cells

148

 

“Busy” Dermis

153

 

Dermal Material

156

 

Change in the Fat

168

Chapter 3

Cell Type

179

 

Clear

181

 

Melanocytic

196

 

Spindle

206

 

Giant

218

Chapter 4

Color—Blue

227

 

Blue Tumor

229

 

Blue Infiltrate

238

 

Mucin and Glands or Ducts

246

 

Mucin

250

Chapter 5

Color—Pink

257

 

Pink Material

259

 

Pink Dermis with Vessels

265

 

Epidermal Necrosis

268

 

Index by Pattern

275

 

Index by Histological Category

280

 

Alphabetical Index

283