Includes Glossary and Index

Atlas of Essential Dermatopathology is based on a sketchbook developed during
Dermatopathology teaching signout at the Massachusetts General Hospital. While reviewing
cases at the microscope, Dr. Duncan draws sketches to outline key diagnostic features. Many
years ago she created a sketchbook that contained these teaching templates. As the years have
progressed many trainees have made copies of the book. Dr. Szyfelbein Masterpol and Dr.
Primiani provided the enthusiasm, motivation and ground work required to move this work
from a book of hand drawn sketches and tables to a color atlas with outlines and histological
images.
The content is based on the most frequently encountered processes in the MGH
Dermatopathology Unit; it is not intended to be comprehensive but rather an outline and atlas
of the essentials in diagnostic Dermatopathology. Each chapter is brief, a couple of pages, they
are vignettes (literally something that would fi t on a vine leaf), and focus on the main points.
Tables of special stains, immunohistochemical markers and a glossary of terms are also
included.
The goal of the book is to be a primer for trainees of all levels – students and residents alike – in
dermatology and pathology