Tips and Tricks in Dermatology Practice

 This book is a concise guide to the diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions.

Divided into 26 chapters, each with at least two case studies, topics include both rare and more common disorders.

Each case guides clinicians step by step through theory, clinical examination, differential diagnosis and management.

Each chapter concludes with tips or editorial comments to illustrate key learning points.

Full colour clinical photographs enhance the detailed text.

 

Key points

• Concise guide to diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions
• Covers both rare and more common disorders
• Each topic includes at least two case studies guiding readers through process of diagnosis based on logical thinking
• Chapters include tips and editorial comments to enhance learning
• 1. Photoexposed Papules and Plaques of Sarcoidosis: How I Treat 2. Alopecia Totalis and Systemic Amyloidosis 3. Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Patient of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Rare Case Report Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis 4. Eternal Student in Dermatology 5. Lupus Vulgaris 6. Tips and Tricks in the Practice of Clinical Dermatology 7. Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Pemphigus Rowell’s Syndrome 8. Knowing Your Customer in Dermatology Practice 9. Hypnosis in Dermatology Oil Melanosis Nail Pitting Hair Loss 10. Persistence and Patience 11. Verruca Plana Treated with Oral Acitretin Molluscum Contagiosum 12. Case Reports on Methotrexate Toxicity Neglected Nevi: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine 13. AIDS Cholangiopathy CD4 and Viral Load Discordance VZV Encephalitis with IRIS in PML Case Reports 14. Trichofolliculoma Presenting as Verrucous Growth 15. Acute Myeloid Leukemia 16. Rare Case Reports 17. Guidelines in Dermatology Orofacial Granulomatosis Epidermo Dysplasia Verruciformis 18. Leprosy Mimmicking as Psoriasis 19. My Experience with Clinical Dermatology 20. Cutaneous Myiasis 21. Majocchi’s Granuloma Resistant Tinea Corporis Infection Eczematous Reaction to BCG Vaccination 22. Interesting Case Reports 23. Counselling and Peer Discussion: An Additional Intervention in Pemphigus Vulgaris! 24. An interesting Case of Necrobiosis Lipodica Diabeticorum and Trichotillomania: Tips and Tricks 25. Thorough Clinical Examination is the Key to Diagnosis 26. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Conundrums in a Case of Pemphigus Vulgaris