1st Edition
Dermoscopy in General Dermatology
This lavishly illustrated guide from experts will enable practitioners to get the most out of dermoscopy for investigations and treatments in general dermatology.
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
PART I: INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
1. Papulosquamous disorders
Aimilios Lallas and Enzo Errichetti
2. Other papulonodular disorders
Enzo Errichetti, Aimilios Lallas, and Dimitrios Ioannides
3. Granulomatous noninfectious disorders
Enzo Errichetti and Aimilios Lallas
4. Connective tissue diseases
Enzo Errichetti and Aimilios Lallas
5. Facial dermatoses
Enzo Errichetti, Feroze Kaliyadan, Francesco Lacarrubba, Anna Elisa Verzì, Giuseppe Micali, and Aimilios Lallas
6. Erythemas
Nicola di Meo, Paola Corneli, and Iris Zalaudek
7. Hyperpigmented dermatoses
Enzo Errichetti and Aimilios Lallas
8. Hypopigmented dermatoses
Enzo Errichetti, Aimilios Lallas, and Dimitrios Ioannides
9. Miscellaneous
Enzo Errichetti and Aimilios Lallas
PART II: INFILTRATIVE DISEASES
10. Lymphomas and pseudolymphomas
Zoe Apalla, Aimilios Lallas, and Enzo Errichetti
11. Other infiltrative conditions
Enzo Errichetti and Aimilios Lallas
PART III: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
12. Bacterial and parasitic infections
Ignacio Gómez Martín, Balachandra S. Ankad, Enzo Errichetti, Aimilios Lallas, Dimitrios Ioannides, and Pedro Zaballos
13. Mycoses
Dionysios Lekkas, Francesco Lacarrubba, Anna Elisa Verzì, and Giuseppe Micali
14. Viral infections
Francesco Lacarrubba, Anna Elisa Verzì, and Giuseppe Micali
PART IV: HAIR AND NAIL DISEASES
15. Hair disorders (trichoscopy)
Adriana Rakowska and Lidia Rudnicka
16. Nail disorders (onychoscopy)
Michela Starace, Aurora Alessandrini, and Bianca Maria Piraccini
PART V: SKIN OF COLOR
17. Disorders of pigmentation
Sidharth Sonthalia, Atula Gupta, Abhijeet Kumar Jha, Rashmi Sarkar,
and Balachandra Suryakant Ankad
18. Inflammatory and infectious conditions
Vishal Gupta, Sidharth Sonthalia, Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat, Sonali Langar, and Manal Bosseila
19. Hair and nail disorders
Arshdeep, Mathapati Shivamurthy Sukesh, Prashant Agarwal, Deepak Jakhar, and Sidharth Sonthalia
20. Monitoring of therapeutic response and other applications
Sidharth Sonthalia, Tejinder Kaur, and Sakshi Srivastava
APPENDICES: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
I. Erythematosquamous macules/papules on the trunk and/or extremities
II. Erythematous macules/plaques on the face
III. Palmar/plantar keratoderma
IV. Sclero-atrophic patches on the trunk and/or extremities
V. Hyperpigmented macules/papules on the trunk and/or extremities
VI. Hypopigmented macules on the trunk and/or extremities
VII. Itchy papules/nodules on the trunk and/or extremities
VIII. Inflammatory papules along Blaschko’s lines
IX. Purpuric macules/patches
X. Nonscarring alopecia
XI. Scarring alopecia
XII. Hair casts
XIII. Onycholysis
XIV. Pitting of the nail plate
Index
Biography
Aimilios Lallas, MD, MSc, PhD, is a dermatologist at the First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloníki, Greece; he has published extensively on the use of newer technologies such as dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy to investigate and monitor dermatologic disease.
Enzo Errichetti, MD, MSc, DVD, is a Consultant Dermatologists and Venereologists at the Institute of Dermatology, "Santa Maria della Misericordia" University Hospital of Udine, Italy; his main research area is represented by the use of dermoscopy in the diagnosis and monitoring of non-tumoral dermatological diseases.
"In some ways, inflammatory diseases are more challenging than pigmented lesions diagnostically. This book does an admirable job of helping demystify the process."
Patricia Wong, MD (Private Practice)
