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July - September 2007 | Volume 13, #3


"I can't define it but I know when I see it!"
Potter Stewart

Table of Contents

Cover Art: Gestalt diagnosis? by François Milette, MD

Editorial: What, really, is original? by Almut Böer, MD

Question: Dermatopathologist, do you really need a microscope? by Mihaela Costache, MD

Clear Cells: Clear to everybody? by Syed Khadri, MD

New Quandary: Dermoscopy, Dermology, Dermopathology? by Stefania S. Giobbe, MD and A. Bernard Ackerman, MD

New Quandary: Acne vulgaris a disease of the hair follicle, the sebaceous follicle, or the pilosebaceous unit? by Chynna Steele, MD and A. Bernard Ackerman, MD

General Pathology: Adenomatous polyp of the colon is carcinoma in situ — Part 1: Historical perspective by Masoud Asgari, MD and Sheng Chen, MD, PhD

Language: Tropisms (Part 3)—Epidermotropism? by María J. González-Beato, MD

New Quandary: Keratinocytic intraepidermal neoplasia (KIN)? by Crystal Thomas, MD and A. Bernard Ackerman, MD

History: Érythroplasie de Queyrat—1911 by François Milette, MD

Differential Diagnosis in Dermatopathology: A tumor on the neck by Bruno E. Paredes, MD

New Clue: What is the clue and what is the diagnosis? by Rajalakshmi Tirumalae, MD and Mihaela Costache, MD

Tropical Troves: A boggy plaque on the scalp by Johannes F. Dayrit, MD, Ma. Azirrel B. De Leon-Godinez, MD, and Ma. Teresita G. Gabriel, MD

Clinical Observation: Acanthosis nigricans, sign of Leser-Trélat, and hypertrichosis lanuginosa in a patient with adenocarcinoma of the stomach by Alexandra Gust, MD and Volker Steinkraus, MD

Biography: Sigmund Pollitzer (1859-1937) and acanthosis nigricans by Almut Böer, MD

From the Dermatologikum: What is your diagnosis? by Jasmin Broyer, MD

Rescued from Oblivion: A patient with keratosis lichenoides chronica by Mirjana Ziemer, MD

The Da Vinci Code of Italian Academe: Dark secrets of faculties, deans, and fraternities of professors kept hidden for centuries and against the law by Alberto Alinovi, MD

Correspondence: "How to teach dermatopathology to dermatology residents" by Edward Nikicicz, MD

Correspondence: "Scientific misconduct" by Elena E. Pigaleva, MD

From the Editorial Office: Another follow-up on Index Medicus by Almut Böer, MD

Book Review: Follow-up on the review of Pathology and Genetics of Skin Tumours (World Health Organization Classification of Tumours) by Philip LeBoit, MD

Fable: The mushroom and the oak treeAnonymous

Biography: Alexander von Humboldt—Patron extraordinaire of histology and histopathology—Part 1 by Wolfgang Weyers, MD

Philosophy: On the nature of thought processes and their relationship to the accumulation of knowledge: Part IX—The nature of information by Cris Anderson, MD

History, Ethics, and Academe by A. Bernard Ackerman, MD

New content added to Ethics and Matters of Social Conscience section as follows:
 
-The Enduring Shame of the American Academy of Dermatology (Conflict of interest)
-Follow up to A Verdict on Irwin M. Freedberg, M.D.


 

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