VULVAR PATHOLOGY

- Written by experts in the field.
- Includes the recent CAP/ASCCP lower anogenital squamous terminology for HPV-associated lesions and the 2009 AJCC staging system for melanoma.
- Richly illustrated with full color figures.

This book details the histologic clues in diagnosing the inflammatory dermatoses and neoplastic process of the vulva. The inflammatory dermatoses are divided into histologic patterns to aid recognition. Expert authors provide updates on ancillary techniques such as special stains, immunohistochemistry and chromogenic in situ hybridization when applicable. New advances in classifying squamous lesions as well as staging melanocytic lesions are outlined. They include the recent CAP/ASCCP (College of American Pathologists and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology) lower anogenital squamous terminology for HPV-associated lesions and the 2009 AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) staging system for melanoma. New advances in molecular findings and potential targeted therapy are discussed for the squamous, melanocytic, adnexal and soft tissue tumors whenever it is pertinent. Vulvar Pathology will be a useful diagnostic guide for general pathologists, pathology trainees, dermatopathologists, dermatologists, and gynecologic pathologists in rendering diagnoses in vulvar inflammatory dermatoses as well as melanocytic, squamous, adnexal, and soft tissue neoplasms of the vulva.

Authors
- Mai P. Hoang, MD. Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital. Department of Pathology. Boston, MA. USA.
- Maria Angelica Selim, MD. Duke University Medical Center. Department of Pathology. Durham, NC. USA

Table of contents (15 chapters)
1.Normal Vulva: Embryology, Anatomy, and Histology
2.Histological Clues in Interpreting Vulvar Inflammatory and Autoimmune Dermatoses
3.Inflammatory Disorders Affecting the Epidermis of the Vulva
4.Blistering Disorders and Acantholytic Processes Affecting the Epidermis of the Vulva
5.Inflammatory Dermatoses Affecting the Dermis or Both the Epidermis and Dermis of the Vulva
6.Infectious Diseases and Infestations of the Vulva
7.Pigmentary Alterations and Benign Melanocytic Lesions of the Vulva
8.Malignant Melanoma of the Vulva
9.Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Vulva
10.Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva
11.Lesions of Anogenital Mammary-Like Glands, Adnexal Neoplasms, and Metastases
12.Cysts, Glandular Lesions, and Others
13.Fibrous/Myofibroblastic Proliferations of the Vulva
14.Vascular Lesions of the Vulva
15.Tumors of Smooth Muscle, of Skeletal Muscle, and of Unknown Origin and Tumor-Like Conditions of the Vulva