edited by Jane M. Grant-Kels
This outstanding dermatopathology atlas emphasizes the correlation of pathological findings with clinical presentations and presents a reader-friendly approach to the diagnosis and interpretation of skin biopsy results.
With an abundance of color clinical and histologic photographs, and descriptions of numerous dermatological diseases and conditions, Color Atlas of Dermatopathology is a must-have for anyone preparing for dermatology or pathology board exams, or for those desiring a strong understanding of the clinical or pathological presentations of disease.
Features
- A convenient reference and guide for those coming from either dermatology or pathology backgrounds, this atlas
- offers an innovative approach to the patient and the biopsy obtained from a patient's skin that leads to improved diagnoses
- helps specialists develop a systematic method for the review, interpretation, and analysis of sections of the skin
- allows for the accurate identification of diagnostically challenging cases of melanoma, lymphoma, non-melanocytic skin neoplasms, adnexal neoplasms, depositions in the skin, malformations, and inflammatory diseases
- assists in the recognition of different patterns produced by diseases affecting the skin
Contents
- A Philosophy of an Approach to a Slide
- Perivascular Dermatitis
- Interface Dermatitis
- Psoriasiform and Spongiotic Dermatoses
- Intraepidermal Vesicular and Pustular Dermatitis
- Subepidermal Vesiculobullous Dermatitis
- Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Nodular and Diffuse Dermatitis
- Granulomatous Dermatitis
- Follicular Diseases Causing Non-scarring and Scarring Alopecia
- Panniculitis
- Fibrosing Dermatoses
- Benign Epithelial Neoplasms and Cysts
- Pre-Malignant and Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms
- Follicular neoplasms
- Sebaceous Neoplasms
- Glandular Adnexal Neoplasms
- Benign Melanocytic Neoplasms
- Malignant Melanocytic Neoplasms
- Fibrohistiocytic Lesions
- Vascular Proliferations
- Neural Neoplasms
- Muscle Neoplasms
- Depositions and Dermal Disorders
- Fat and Osseous Neoplasms
- Metastatic Neoplasms
- Lymphoma and Pseudolymphoma
- Practical Immunohistochemistry in Dermatopathology
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