Main description:

Dermatology Made Easy 2e has been comprehensively updated but remains designed to help GPs, medical students and dermatologists diagnose skin conditions with confidence.

Diagnosis is simplified by providing a comprehensive set of tables which offer differentials by symptom, morphology, or body site - including over 500 thumbnail photos.

Once you have narrowed down the diagnosis, cross-references guide you to more detailed descriptions, and another 700 photographs, covering:

common infections
inflammatory rashes
non-inflammatory conditions
skin lesions

Every section provides consistent information on the disorder:

who gets it and what causes it?
what are the clinical features and does it cause any complications?
how do you diagnose it?
how do you treat it and how long does it take to resolve?

The book concludes with a comprehensive section on further investigations and treatment options.

Dermatology Made Easy is the ideal rapid clinical reference - guiding diagnosis, advising on clinical features and offering the best treatment options.

Printed in full colour throughout.

Contents:

Terminology

Chapter 1 Differential diagnosis

1.1 Introduction; Diagnostic algorithms: 1.2 By symptoms; 1.3 By morphology; 1.4 By body site

Chapter 2 Infections

2.1 Bacteria; 2.2 Fungi; 2.3 Viruses; 2.4 Arthropods

Chapter 3 Inflammatory rashes

3.1 Acne; 3.2 Bullous pemphigoid; 3.3 Chilblains; 3.4 Cutaneous lupus erythematosus; 3.5 Drug eruptions; 3.6 Dermatitis/eczema; 3.7 Erythema multiforme; 3.8 Erythroderma; 3.9 Granuloma annulare; 3.10 Hidradenitis suppurativa ; 3.11 Lichen planus ; 3.12 Lichen sclerosus ; 3.13 Mouth ulcers; 3.14 Panniculitis; 3.15 Periorificial dermatitis; 3.16 Photosensitivity; 3.17 Polymorphic light eruption; 3.18 Vulval pruritus; 3.19 Psoriasis; 3.20 Rosacea ; 3.21 Transient acantholytic dermatosis; 3.22 Urticaria; 3.23 Vasculitis: cutaneous

Chapter 4 Non-inflammatory conditions

4.1 Alopecia areata; 4.2 Dry skin; 4.3 Excessive hair; 4.4 Hair loss; 4.5 Hyperhidrosis; 4.6 Keratosis pilaris; 4.7 Melasma; 4.8 Pigmentation disorders; 4.9 Post-inflammatory pigmentation; 4.10 Vitiligo

Chapter 5 Skin lesions

5.1 Actinic cheilitis; 5.2 Actinic keratosis; 5.3 Ageing skin; 5.4 Basal cell carcinoma; 5.5 Cysts; 5.6 Dermatofibroma; 5.7 Intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma; 5.8 Lentigo; 5.9 Melanoma; 5.10 Moles; 5.11 Seborrhoeic keratoses; 5.12 Squamous cell carcinoma - cutaneous; 5.13 Vascular lesions

Chapter 6 Investigations and treatments

6.1 Dermatological investigations: general; 6.2 Skin biopsy; 6.3 Interpreting dermatopathology reports; 6.4 Treatments: introduction; 6.5 Topical formulations; 6.6 Emollients and moisturisers; 6.7 Topical steroids; 6.8 Other topical drugs; 6.9 Tetracyclines; 6.10 Systemic steroids; 6.11 Other oral drugs; 6.12 Monitoring methotrexate, azathioprine, ciclosporin and biologics; 6.13 Isotretinoin; 6.14 Physical treatments; 6.15 Role of surgery in skin disease

Index