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The Handbook of Dermatology consolidates the essential information required for best-practice patient care into one pocket-sized volume. This indispensable reference guide enables practicing and prospective dermatologists to easily look up information on a wide range of dermatological diseases and quickly access the algorithms, protocols, guidelines, and staging and scoring systems that are vital to both clinical practice and exam success. Written and edited by former residents and attending physicians, the Handbook contains up-to-date information on general dermatology, surgery, and therapeutics.
Table des matières
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Part 1 General Dermatology 1
Common Work-Ups, Signs, and Management 3
Dermatologic Differential Algorithm 3
Direct Immunofluorescence (Dif) 3
False positive/negative DIFs 3
Workup Quick Reference Orders 4
Acne 6
Alopecia Workup 7
Telogen effluvium 10
Androgenic alopecia 10
Alopecia areata 11
Other alopecia treatments 12
Aphthosis Workup and Treatment 13
Dermatologic Signs 15
Folliculitis 21
Melasma 22
Immunology and Immunologic Disease 24
Lupus Erythematosus 24
Autoantibody 26
Sensitivities and specificities 26
In connective tissue diseases 28
Anti-nuclear antibodies 29
ANCA (Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies) 30
Treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis 30
Vasculitis 31
Small vessel vasculitis 31
Medium vessel vasculitis 33
Large vessel vasculitis 34
Cryoglobulinemia 34
Bullous Disorders 36
Intracorneal/subcorneal 36
Intraepidermal 36
Suprabasilar 37
Subepidermal with little inflammation 37
Epidermolysis bullosa 39
Major bullous diseases - clinicopathologic findings 42
Complement 46
Angioedema and complement levels 46
Complement deficiencies 47
GVHD 47
HLA associations 48
Th profiles 50
Special Sites: Glands, Nail, Bone, Mucosa 51
Glands 51
Nail terminology 53
Disorders or drugs associated with nail, Bone, or ocular findings 57
Genital ulcers 67
Infection and Infestations 68
Fungal Disease / Mycoses 68
Laboratory tests 68
Superficial mycoses 68
Cutaneous mycoses 69
Subcutaneous mycoses 71
Systemic mycoses 73
Opportunistic mycoses 75
Viruses and diseases 78
Human papilloma virus 79
Other viral diseases 80
Infections/Bugs 83
Vector-borne diseases 83
Creatures in dermatology 88
Contact and Plant Dermatitis 93
Patch testing 93
Common contact allergens 95
Allergic vs. irritant contact dermatitis 104
Allergens - location specific 105
Features suggestive of specific irritant/toxin 106
Plants and Dermatoses 106
Tumors and Infiltrates 109
Cutaneous T Cell Lyphoma 109
Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma 113
Leukemia cutis 113
Monoclonal Gammopathies in Dermatology 114
Tumors and gene associations 115
For Melanoma, BCC, and SCC, see Skin Cancer 221
Systemic and Metabolic Diseases 117
Amyloidoses 117
Histiocytosis 119
Xanthomas 124
Hyperlipoproteinemias 125
Vitamin Deficiencies/Hypervitaminoses 127
Pediatric and Pregnancy Dermatology 131
Vascular tumors and malformation 131
Infantile Hemangioma (IH) Management 132
Neonatal vesiculopustular eruptions 137
Genodermatoses 142
Chromosome abnormalities 171
Disorders of cornification 171
Disorders of connective tissue 175
Ehlers-Danlos 177
Collagen types 178
Disorder of hair, Nail, ectoderm 179
Tumor syndromes 185
Disorders of vascularization 186
Disorders of metabolism 189
Porphyrias 191
Disorders of pigmentation 193
A propos de l'auteur
Margaret W. Mann is Associate Professor and Director of Aesthetic Dermatology, University Hospitals, Case Western School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. She is the Co-Founder of Innova Dermatology, Hendersonville, TN, USA.
Daniel L. Popkin is
Assistant Chief of Dermatology, Louis Stokes VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University Hospitals, Case Western School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. He is the Co-Founder of Innova Dermatology, Hendersonville, TN, USA.
Résumé
The Handbook of Dermatology consolidates the essential information required for best-practice patient care into one pocket-sized volume. This indispensable reference guide enables practicing and prospective dermatologists to easily look up information on a wide range of dermatological diseases and quickly access the algorithms, protocols, guidelines, and staging and scoring systems that are vital to both clinical practice and exam success. Written and edited by former residents and attending physicians, the Handbook contains up-to-date information on general dermatology, surgery, and therapeutics.
