Mohs surgery is microscopically controlled surgery used to treat common types of skin cancer and allows for the removal of a skin cancer with a very narrow surgical margin and a high cure rate.
David J. Leffell, MD David Paige Smith Professor of Dermatology, Otolaryngology, and Plastic Surgery Yale School of Medicine New Haven, ConnecticutSumaira Z. Aasi, MD Associate Professor of Dermatology Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CaliforniaRossitza Z. Lazova, MD Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
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From the reviews:“This is a collection of photomicrographs with concise descriptions of common H&E stained frozen sections skin and skin cancers … . The ideal audience for this book is beginning Mohs micrographic surgeons, pathologists … and dermatology residents assisting in a Mohs surgery clinic. … This is an excellent book to keep near the microscope for teaching sessions. It is ideal for students of Mohs surgery tissue specimen interpretation as it presents an elegantly illustrated, organized, and thoughtful approach to the topic.” (Jon C. Starr, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2013)
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1. How to use this atlas.- 2. Normal skin histology.- 3. Basal cell carcinoma.- 4. Infiltrative basal cell carcinoma.- 5. Differentiating basal cell carcinoma from normal structures.- 6. Adnexal tumors.- 7. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma.- 8. Differentiating infiltrative basal cell carcinoma from other tumors.- 9. Squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen’s disease) and actinic keratoses.- 10. Squamous cell carcinoma.- 11. Differentiating features of squamous cell carcinoma.- 12. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.- 13. Rare tumors including atypical fibroxanthoma.- 14. Pitfalls and incidental findings.- 15. Artifacts.- 16. Bibliography.