Jose A.
Plaza, MD

Miraca Life
Science, Dermatopathology Division

Dallas,
Texas, USA

Victor G.
Prieto, MD, PhD

University of
Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Department of
Pathology

Houston,
Texas, USA

State-of-the-art guide to the use of immunohistochemistry studies in the diagnosis of skin tumors

Describes the sensitivity and specificity of commonly available antibodies and their pattern of immunostaining

Identifies common pitfalls encountered during tumor evaluation

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Contents

List
of Contributors

Part
I: Immunohistology of Epithelial Tumors

1 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies
of Epithelial Tumors

Heather M. Froehlich and Jose A.
Plaza

Part II: Adnexal
Neoplasms

2 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies
of Sweat Gland Tumors

Ana M. Molina-Ruiz, Laura Fuertes,
and Luis Requena

3 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies
of Follicular Tumors

Olayemi Sokumbi and Jose A. Plaza

4 Use of Immunohistochemical and
Molecular Studies in the Evaluation of the Sebaceous Neoplasms

Doina Ivan, Victor G. Prieto, and
Phyu P. Aung

Part III:
Immunohistology of Cutaneous Metastases and Its Simulators

5 Cutaneous Metastasis

Danielle M. Wehle, Sadia Salim, and
Martin A. Sangueza

Part IV:
Immunohistology of Mesenchymal Neoplasms

6 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies
of Fibrohistiocytic and Myofibroblastic Cutaneous Tumors

Danny Ghazarian, Sebastien Labonte,
Brendan Craig Dickson, and Ayman Al Habeeb

7 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies
of Smooth Muscle and Neural Cutaneous Tumors

Tammie Ferringer

8 New Insights in Vascular Lesions
Development and Identification with Immunohistochemical Markers

Omar P.
Sangüeza
and Julio A. Diaz-Perez

Part V:
Immunohistology of Cutaneous Lymphoma

9 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies
of Cutaneous B-cell Lymphomas

Juan F. García

10 Immunohistology and Molecular Studies of
Cutaneous T-cell Lymphomas and Mimics

Carlos A. Torres-Cabala, Phyu P.
Aung, Roberto N. Miranda, and Jonathan L. Curry

11 Immunohistology of Leukemia Cutis and
Histiocytic Tumors

Maria Teresa Fernández Figueras,
Gustavo Tapia, José Luis Mate, Aurelio Ariza

Part VI:
Immunohistology of Melanocytic Lesions

12 Immunohistology of Melanocytic Lesions Jonathan L. Curry, Michael T.
Tetzlaff, Priyadharsini Nagarajan, and Carlos A. Torres-Cabala

Part VII:
Molecular Studies of Melanocytic Lesions

13 Molecular Studies of Melanocytic Lesions

Rami Al-Rohil, Priyadharsini
Nagarajan, and Michael T. Tetzlaff

Part VIII:
Immunohistology of Sentinel Lymph Node in Melanoma

14 Sentinel Lymph Node in Melanoma

Victor G. Prieto