Text Atlas of Obstetric Dermatology

This exceptional text-atlas provides an overview of the most updated evidence-based information on a variety of skin
problems in pregnancy, offering a guide for evaluation, diagnosis, and management. Themes include physiologic skin
changes of pregnancy, preexisting skin diseases and tumors affected by pregnancy, pruritus in pregnancy, and specific
dermatoses of pregnancy. This book differs from existing content in the field in that it provides an in-depth review of
common skin problems in gestation, supported with more than 400 illustrations for essential visual guidance, and a
practical guide on how to best manage them. Specific sections on drug safety, cosmetic use, surgical procedures in
pregnancy, and dermatoethics are included. Chapters are authored by dermatologists or obstetric physicians with
expertise in obstetric dermatology and a wealth of clinical experience in the field.

Special Features:

More than 400 color illustrations and online image bank, representing the largest dermatologic image library in
pregnancy, including numerous rare cases

Maternal/Fetal Risks and Management Options Tables in each chapter
Key Points Table at the end of each chapter
Management recommendations by experts provide step-by-step guidance in reaching therapeutic decisions


Special Features:

More than 400 color illustrations and online image bank, representing the largest dermatologic image library in
pregnancy, including numerous rare case Maternal/Fetal Risks and Management Option Tables in each chapter
Key Points Table at the end of each chapter
Management recommendations by experts provide step-by-step guidance in reaching therapeutic decisions

Preface
Contributors
Foreword

1 Endocrine and Immunologic Changes
Kenneth K. Chen and George Kroumpouzos
2 Introduction to Physiologic Skin
Changes and Skin Disease in Pregnancy
George Kroumpouzos
3 Pigmentary Changes
Jessica J. Mercer, Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, and George Kroumpouzos
4 Vascular Changes
Jyoti P. Mundi and Miriam K. Pomeranz
5 Connective Tissue Changes
Kelly K. Park and Jenny E. Murase
6 Hair and Nail Changes
George Kroumpouzos and Richard K. Scher
7 Glandular Changes
Elie B. Lowenstein and Eve J. Lowenstein
8 Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis
Jennifer Jenkins, Leslie Robinson-Bostom, Giampiero Girolomoni,
and George Kroumpouzos
9 Infl ammatory Skin Disease
George Kroumpouzos and Annalisa Patrizi
10 Impetigo Herpetiformis
Darshan C. Vaidya, Aleksandr Itkin, and George Kroumpouzos
11 Rheumatic Skin Disease
Galen Foulke, Jennie T. Clarke, and Jeffrey P. Callen
12 Metabolic and Bullous Disease
Nicole Fett and Victoria P. Werth
13 Bacterial, Fungal, and Parasitic Skin Disease
George Kroumpouzos, Noah Craft, and Dirk Elston
14 Viral and Sexually Transmitted Disease . . 126
Farhan Khan, Rana M. Mays, Joe Brooks, and Stephen K. Tyring
15 Skin Tumors
Emily Tierney, George Kroumpouzos, and Gary Rogers
16 Miscellaneous Skin Disease
Joe Brooks, Paulo R. Cunha, and George Kroumpouzos
17 Pruritus and Obstetric Cholestasis
Victoria Geenes and Catherine Williamson
18 Introduction to Specific Dermatoses
Iris K. Aronson and George Kroumpouzos
19 Pemphigoid Gestationis
George Kroumpouzos and Detlef Zillikens
20 Polymorphic Eruption of Pregnancy
Lisa M. Cohen and George Kroumpouzos
21 Prurigo, Pruritic Folliculitis, and
Atopic Eruption of Pregnancy
George Kroumpouzos and Lisa M. Cohen
22 Drug Safety
Kudakwashe Mutyambizi and Bonnie T. Mackool
23 Skin Care Products, Cosmetics, and Cosmeceuticals
George Kroumpouzos and Zoe Draelos
24 Skin Surgery
Kachiu C. Lee and Raymond Dufresne
25 Dermatoethics in Pregnancy
Zachary Schwager and Lionel Bercovitch

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