Dermatopathology is hard, but it is not as hard as it is made out to be. A quick weekend of reading Inflammatory Dermatopathology - A Pathologist's Survival Guide by Steven D. Billings and Jenny Cotton should help demystify inflammatory dermatopathology. It is meant to be a practical resource, a survival guide if you will, for surgical pathologists and residents for the approach of inflammatory diseases of the skin. Most of the entities commonly encountered in daily practice are covered in this book, with an emphasis on practical points that are useful in everyday practice. To increase the practical usefulness, the author have also included a novel aspect. While most pathology texts do an admirable job describing histologic features and discussing differential diagnoses, writing the report is an art never discussed. Therefore, to increase the usefulness of the text, the author have also included sample reports at the end of each chapter to provide examples on how they approach signing out our cases.
From the Back Cover
Inflammatory Dermatopathology: A Pathologist's Survival Guide provides expert guidance for the reader to develop a systematic approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory disorders of the skin. It covers the most common and clinically important inflammatory disorders of the skin through an image-rich easy to read format. Each section includes practical tips to help navigate the differential diagnosis. Microscopic features are listed as bullet points to enhance readability. Examples of diagnostic comments that practicing pathologists can utilize in their own reports are also provided. Demonstrating a global understanding of inflammatory dermatoses in a quick and efficient manner, Inflammatory Dermatopathology: A Pathologist's Survival Guide will both guide the reader in how to approach inflammatory dermatoses, as well as provide a tool that will help with the writing of surgical pathology reports. - 1 Introduction
- 2 Spongiotic Dermatitis
- 3 Psoriasiform Dermatitis
- 4 Interface Dermatitis
- 5 Perivascular Dermatitis
- 6 Vasculitis and Thrombotic Disorders
- 7 Nodular and Diffuse Dermatitis
- 8 Palisading Granulomatous Dermatitis
- 9 Sclerosing Dermatitis
- 10 Bullous Dermatitis
- 11 Panniculitis
- 12 Infections
- 13 Miscellaneous Dermatoses: Invisible Dermatoses and Inflammatory Processes that Clinically Mimic Tumors
- Index
Product Details
- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition (October 28, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1603278370
- ISBN-13: 978-1603278379
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches