The book deals with dermatologic diseases involving serious cutaneous malignancies. The sections are organized alphabetically and color-coded. Approximately 40 disease states are discussed with accompanying full-color clinical and microscopic photography. Each entity contains a single clinical photograph accompanied by three photomicrographs detailing the diagnostic features of each case. Subsections detailing disease prognosis are presented in a bullet-style. The pedagogical value of this book is its unique presentation of a variety of dermatologic entities capable of leading to serious medical consequences including death.

The central theme of this book entails disorders capable of directly or indirectly causing death of the patient. The pedagogical value of this book is its unique presentation of a variety of dermatologic entities capable of leading to serious medical consequences including death. It is important that clinicians and pathologists are appraised of these important public health concerns. The book is organized around four sections dealing with dermatologic diseases involving serious cutaneous malignancies. The book sections are organized alphabetically and color-coded for easy reference. Approximately 40 disease states are discussed with accompanying full-color clinical and microscopic photography. Each entity contains a single clinical photograph accompanied by three photomicrographs detailing the diagnostic features of each case.

Malignant Cutaneous Neoplasms.- Angiosarcoma.- Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma.- Granulomatous Slack Skin.- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.- Leukemia Cutis.- Mast Cell Disease (Urticaria Pigmentosa).- Merkel Cell Carcinoma.- Metastatic Carcinoma.- Paget's Disease.- Subcutaneous Panniculitis-like Lymphoma.- Hereditary Cancer-Predisposition Syndromes and Paraneoplastic Disorders.- Muir-Torre Syndrome.- Acquired Ichthyosis, Acanthosis Nigricans, Palmar Hyperkeratosis.- Amyloidosis: Systemic, Nodular, and Epidermal Derived.- Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome.- Cowden's Syndrome.- Gyrate Erythemas: Erythema Gyratum Repens and Erythema Chronicum Migrans.- Gardner Syndrome.- Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis.- Multiple Cutaneous Leiomyomas.- Lethal Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytoses: Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma and Xanthoma Disseminatum.- Pancreatic Panniculitis.- Scleromyxedema.- Necrolytic Migratory Erythema.- Infectious Diseases.- Anthrax.- Ecthyma Gangrenosum.- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and the Rickettsioses.- Smallpox.- Staphylococcal Toxin-Mediated Scalded Skin and Toxic Shock Syndromes.- Meningococcemia and Purpura Fulminans.- Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Autoimmune Disease.- Lethal Hereditary Vascular Disorders: Osler-Weber-Rendu, Ataxia-Telangiectasia, and Fabry's Disease.- Eruptive Xanthoma.- Graft-versus-Host Disease.- Paraneoplastic Pemphigus and Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Relapsing Polychondritis.- Vascular Diseases.- Calciphylaxis (Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy).- Kawasaki Disease.- Polyarteritis Nodosa.