Practical skin pathology

This engaging new text teaches students, residents, and practitioners of all ages how to use insights from both pathologists and dermatologists to improve their comprehension of skin disorders. It is meant to bridge the gap between dermatology and dermapathology and explores the questions that practitioners have that fall between the two subjects. What is a dermatologist to do with a pathology report that has a histological rather than a clinical diagnosis? What is to be done with old names of disorders that some clinicians still use? Why do some disorders have many names, and which is better and why? These and dozens of other questions are answered in Practical Skin Pathology, the only book of its kind to address both the clinical education of each disease as well as the pathology findings. Authored by a leader in clinical dermatology, dermatopathology, and skin immunology, Practical Skin Pathology is written for dermatologists, dermatology residents, and dermatopathologists. Addressing such questions as whether to accept a differential diagnosis from a dermatopathologist rather than a specific diagnosis and when, to how to help a pathologists give a dermatologist the best possible interpretation of a biopsy, this quick reference includes color illustrations, images, and tables to better assist the physician in answering these common questions and concerns.

Part I. The pathologist's view -- 1. What is Atypical Junctional Melanocytic Hyperplasia? -- 2. What is Dysplastic Nevus? -- 3. What is Hypersensitivity Reaction? -- 4. What is Spongiotic Dermatitis? -- 5. What is Psoriasiform Dermatitis? -- 6. What is Lichenoid Dermatitis? -- 7. What is Granulomatous Dermatitis? -- 8. What is Dermatitis with Epidermotropism? -- 9. What is Drug Eruption? -- 10. What is Pseudolymphoma? -- Part II. The clinician's view -- 11. Reddish Facial Papules -- 12. Face infiltrated Plaques/Nodules -- 13. Patchy Alopecia -- 14. Diffuse Smooth Alopecia -- 15. Follicular Pustules of the Scalp -- 16. Scaly Scalp -- 17. Oral Erosions -- 18. Vulvar Lesions -- 19. Penile Lesions -- 20. Diffuse Leg Induration -- 21. Subcutaneous Leg Nodules -- 22. Leg Ulcers -- 23. Follicular Papules and Pustules -- Trunk -- 24. Palmoplantar Red Hyperkeratosis -- 25. Skin Folds Diffuse Rash -- 26. Exfoliative Erythroderma -- 27. Generalized Pruritus -- 28. Photo-Eruptions -- 29. Hypopigmented Patches -- 30. Pigmented Patches -- 31. Red Smooth Patches -- 32. Red Scaly Patches -- 33. Red Sloughing Patches -- 34. Red Scaly Papules -- 35. Red Non-facial Papules -- 36. Papulo-nodular Lesi…