Fifty Dermatological Cases

by Creamer; Daniel

• ISBN13: 9781841841434
• ISBN10: 1841841439
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-22
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

The skin is often the first organ to show that a serious disease exists in the body. Too often, clues from the skin are missed or neglected when diagnosing patients. In this fascinating treatise, fifty cases show such missed opportunities as well as extraordinary examples of how the skin can react to disease and stimuli. From dog bites that would not heal to the fingernails' reaction to lethargy and the effect of a vegan diet, 50 Cases in Dermatological Medicine reminds the reader of the astonishing signals the human body sends when health is threatened. This book is key for students, residents, and professionals in dermatology, and for any health care practitioner who wants to apply the lessons learned.

Table of Contents

Dedication	iii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	x
Abbreviations	xi
Haematemesis and warts	1	(4)
J Yeh
A du Vivier
Annular lesions on the face of a neonate	5	(4)
E Higgins
A warty plaque on the sole of the foot	9	(4)
P Gruber
D Vollum
A du Vivier
Dystrophic nails and lethargy	13	(4)
A du Vivier
Stretchy skin	17	(4)
L Whittam
Chronic scaling of the scalp	21	(4)
B Monk
A du Vivier
Generalized papular thickening of the skin	25	(4)
A du Vivier
Flexural erythema following chemotherapy	29	(4)
K Harman
E Higgins
Painful pustules in pregnancy	33	(4)
E Higgins
A Pembroke
Discharging nodules on the jaw	37	(4)
J White
C Fuller
Thickening of the facial skin, weakness of the hands and loss of peripheral sensation	41	(4)
M Clement
A du Vivier
A facial and anogenital rash in an infant	45	(4)
M Clement
Non-healing dog bites	49	(4)
E Higgins
A du Vivier
Two patients with pustular plaques on a neurosurgical ward	53	(4)
S Munn
A du Vivier
Fever and purpuric lesions in an infant	57	(4)
A du Vivier
Photosensitivity with skin cancers	61	(6)
A Pembroke
A du Vivier
A papular eruption in a patient with leukaemia	67	(4)
K Watson
A du Vivier
A polycyclic rash in a patient with epilepsy	71	(4)
J White
D Creamer
Flexural papules, thirst and polyuria	75	(4)
A Pembroke
Facial plaques and fever	79	(4)
P Todd
A Pembroke
Generalized thickening of the skin following bone marrow transplantation	83	(4)
G Osborne
Pruritic plaques in pregnancy	87	(4)
A du Vivier
Multiple painless ulcers in a traveller	91	(4)
B Monk
A pigmented plaque on the knee	95	(4)
E Higgins
Photosensitivity with scarring	99	(4)
S Dawe
DI Williams
D Creamer
Swelling of the hands and generalized hyperpigmentation	103	(4)
A du Vivier
Birthmarks and macrodactyly	107	(4)
F Child
A du Vivier
Facial nodules, cough and breathlessness	111	(4)
A Pembroke
A unilateral breast rash	115	(4)
E Campalani
A du Vivier
Fever and a desquamating rash in an infant	119	(4)
E Higgins
A follicular eruption in a vegan	123	(4)
C Martyn-Simmons
A du Vivier
Erythroderma in a Jamaican man	127	(4)
G Osborne
A du Vivier
An inflamed toe and a rash on the legs in an immunosuppressed patient	131	(4)
F Child
A du Vivier
Periorbital erythema following chemotherapy	135	(4)
F Keane
A du Vivier
Nodules and plaques in a boy with progressive liver failure	139	(4)
D Buckley
A du Vivier
A unilateral groin rash	143	(4)
K Short
A du Vivier
Patches, plaques and lymphadenopathy	147	(4)
M Clement
A du Vivier
A plaque on the shin	151	(4)
M Clement
A rash and numbness involving the right thumb	155	(4)
S Dawe
D Creamer
Widespread skin sloughing in a man with fits	159	(6)
D Creamer
A plaque on the chest	165	(4)
D Creamer
A polymorphic mucocutaneous eruption in a patient with lymphoma	169	(6)
G Perera
D Creamer
Abdominal pain, fever and acral purpura	175	(4)
A Friedmann
D Creamer
Papules on the buttocks	179	(4)
A du Vivier
A non-healing crusted plaque in a child	183	(4)
J White
E Higgins
A rash on the face, upper back and hands	187	(6)
D Creamer
A du Vivier
A large vascular tumour in an HIV-positive man	193	(4)
Kazim Aderogba
Karen Watson
Christopher Taylor
Linear blisters and pigmentation in a baby girl	197	(4)
M Clement
Gradual coarse wrinkling of the skin	201	(4)
A Friedmann
R Marten
Breathlessness and widespread cutaneous necrosis	205	(4)
K Watson
D Creamer
Index	209