Description
This invaluable resource examines clinical features, diagnosis,
laboratory investigations, and treatment for all skin disorders, both
common and rare. More than 2,000 outstanding full-color illustrations
and a new Image Bank on CD-ROM offer readers invaluable diagnostic
assistance by depicting how diseases present in real life.
Reviews
REVIEWS OF THE LAST EDITION:
밃 valuable reference for practicing dermatologists, dermatology
residents, and primary care physicians 꾿 one-stop reference for
excellent pictures and informative text.뵕Archives of Dermatology
밫he photographs are of uniformly excellent quality and have been
selected well 꿚his tome is a tour-de-force and a credit to both the
authors and the publishers. It can be warmly recommended to its
target audience of general practitioners, trainee dermatologists and
general physicians as an outstanding and practical atlas of skin
diseases.?뾄ritish Journal of Dermatology
Key Features
*Discusses the full range of conditions, including ethnic skin,
pediatric dermatology, the genoderma-toses, HIV, drug reactions, and
diseases of pregnancy.
*Help readers find answers to their clinical questions quickly with a
consistent organization and concise writing the provides exactly the
right amount of information to make an informed diagnosis.
New to this Edition
*Collects valuable management guidance together in a single new
chapter, 밢verview of Treatment?
*Makes clinical guidance even easier to find with 100 new summary,
tips and pitfalls, and practice points boxes.
*Features a bonus CD-ROM that includes all the images from the book,
a slide-making package, and a tool to group images according to
diagnosis.
- Contents -
1 Fundamental Dermatology and Terminology
2 Approach to the Patient
3 Eczema and Related Disorders
4 Psoriasis and Related Disorders
5 Lichen Planus and Lichenoid Disorders
6 Urticaria and Pruritus
7 Acne, Rosacea, and Related Disorders
8 Inflammatory Disorders and Cutaneous Infiltrates
9 Drug Eruptions
10 Collagen Vascular Diseases
11 Vasculitis and Related Disorders
12 Vascular Disorders
13 Cutaneous Signs of Systemic Conditions and Dermatoses of Pregnancy
14 Blistering Disorders
15 Pediatric Dermatology
16 Oral and Genital Disorders
17 Pigmentary Disorders
18 Photodermatology and Photodermatoses
19 Structural Disorders of the Skin, Cartilage, and Subcutaneous
Tissues
20 Disorders and Tumors of Skin Appendages
21 Bacterial Infections
22 Viral Infections
23 Fungal Infections
24 Infestations and Tropical Disorders
25 Disorders of Hair
26 Nails
27 Benign Non-Melanocytic Tumors
28 Melanocytes, Nevi, and Melanoma
29 Malignant and Premalignant Epidermal Neoplasia
30 Other Malignant Tumors
31 Overview of Treatment
Author Information
Gary M. White, MD, Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente;
University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, CA; and Neil
H. Cox, BSc, FRCP, Consultant Dermatologist Cumberland Infirmary,
Carlisle, UK