A Pathologist's Survey of Superficial Tumors Removed in a Casualty Department *Originally written for the Report of the South Western Regional Cancer Records Bureau and reproduced with permission of the Director.This material came from the Casualty Department of the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

or surgical illness to the patient who wishes to have a minor cutaneous blemish removed for cosmetic reasons. It is especially the people in the last category and those with less trivial but apparently minor superficial lesions who provide a wealth of varied problems for the diagnostic histology department. Fortunately it is the custom t0 send all such tissue for examination. From the pathologist's point of view these superficial lesions provide a most interest' ing diagnostic exercise. Some idea of the variety can be obtained by scrutiny of the list (Table i) which represents the specimens received in twelve months. They are listed not in order of frequency but in groups of more or less related conditions* the number of examples of each is indicated alongside.