Deadly Dermatologic Diseases (Book with CD-ROM)

by Morgan, Michael B.

• ISBN13: 9780387254425
• ISBN10: 0387254420
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER

Summary

The central theme of Deadly Dermatologic Diseases book entails disorders capable of directly or indirectly causing death of the patient. The book will be organized around four sections dealing with dermatologic diseases involving serious cutaneous malignancies including melanoma; life-threatening and/or emerging infectious pathogens including anthrax and smallpox; endocrinologic disorders such as myxedema or calciphylaxis; autoimmune disorders and inborn errors of metabolism such as scleroderma and hemochromatosis. The sections are organized alphabetically and color-coded for easy reference. Approximately 40 disease states are discussed with accompanying full-color clinical and microscopic photography. Each entity contains a single clinical photograph accompanied by three photomicrographs detailing the diagnostic features of each case. Subsections detailing the demographic attributes, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, pathologic features, diagnostic adjuncts, treatment, and prognosis with a current bibliography of each disease state are presented in a succinct bullet-style manner. The pedagogical value of Deadly Dermatologic Diseases is the unique presentation of a variety of dermatologic entities capable of directly leading to or are associated with serious medical consequences, including death. As these entities present in a variety of clinical and pathologic guises or represent emerging pathogens such as anthrax or smallpox, it is important that clinicians and pathologists are appraised of these important public health concerns. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a multimedia atlas, containing every figure and figure legend in the book. With both a "review" and "test" mode, the user will have an excellent tool for self-evaluation and practice for certification exams.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Malignant Cutaneous Neoplasms
Angiosarcoma	p. 3
Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma	p. 8
Granulomatous Slack Skin	p. 15
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis	p. 19
Leukemia Cutis	p. 24
Mast Cell Disease (Urticaria Pigmentosa)	p. 27
Merkel Cell Carcinoma	p. 32
Metastatic Carcinoma	p. 38
Paget's Disease	p. 43
Subcutaneous Panniculitis-like Lymphoma	p. 47
Hereditary Cancer-Predisposition Syndromes and Paraneoplastic Disorders
Muir-Torre Syndrome	p. 53
Acquired Ichthyosis, Acanthosis Nigricans, Palmar Hyperkeratosis	p. 59
Amyloidosis: Systemic, Nodular, and Epidermal Derived	p. 64
Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome	p. 69
Cowden's Syndrome	p. 74
Gyrate Erythemas: Erythema Gyratum Repens and Erythema Chronicum Migrans	p. 79
Gardner Syndrome	p. 84
Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis	p. 89
Multiple Cutaneous Leiomyomas	p. 93
Lethal Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytoses: Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma and Xanthoma Disseminatum	p. 96
Pancreatic Panniculitis	p. 101
Scleromyxedema	p. 104
Necrolytic Migratory Erythema	p. 108
Infectious Diseases
Anthrax	p. 115
Ecthyma Gangrenosum	p. 121
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and the Rickettsioses	p. 125
Smallpox	p. 129
Staphylococcal Toxin-Mediated Scalded Skin and Toxic Shock Syndromes	p. 133
Meningococcemia and Purpura Fulminans	p. 137
Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Autoimmune Disease
Lethal Hereditary Vascular Disorders: Osler-Weber-Rendu, Ataxia-Telangiectasia, and Fabry's Disease	p. 145
Eruptive Xanthoma	p. 150
Graft-versus-Host Disease	p. 154
Paraneoplastic Pemphigus and Pemphigus Vulgaris	p. 157
Relapsing Polychondritis	p. 161
Vascular Diseases
Calciphylaxis (Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy)	p. 167
Kawasaki Disease	p. 173
Polyarteritis Nodosa	p. 178
Index	p. 183
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