Handbook of Dermatology

Preface xv
 
Acknowledgments xvii
 
Part 1 General Dermatology 1
 
Common Work-Ups, Signs, and Management 3
 
Dermatologic Differential Algorithm 3
 
Direct Immunofluorescence (Dif) 3
 
False positive/negative DIFs 3
 
Workup Quick Reference Orders 4
 
Acne 6
 
Alopecia Workup 7
 
Telogen effluvium 10
 
Androgenic alopecia 10
 
Alopecia areata 11
 
Other alopecia treatments 12
 
Aphthosis Workup and Treatment 13
 
Dermatologic Signs 15
 
Folliculitis 21
 
Melasma 22
 
Immunology and Immunologic Disease 24
 
Lupus Erythematosus 24
 
Autoantibody 26
 
Sensitivities and specificities 26
 
In connective tissue diseases 28
 
Anti-nuclear antibodies 29
 
ANCA (Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies) 30
 
Treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis 30
 
Vasculitis 31
 
Small vessel vasculitis 31
 
Medium vessel vasculitis 33
 
Large vessel vasculitis 34
 
Cryoglobulinemia 34
 
Bullous Disorders 36
 
Intracorneal/subcorneal 36
 
Intraepidermal 36
 
Suprabasilar 37
 
Subepidermal with little inflammation 37
 
Epidermolysis bullosa 39
 
Major bullous diseases - clinicopathologic findings 42
 
Complement 46
 
Angioedema and complement levels 46
 
Complement deficiencies 47
 
GVHD 47
 
HLA associations 48
 
Th profiles 50
 
Special Sites: Glands, Nail, Bone, Mucosa 51
 
Glands 51
 
Nail terminology 53
 
Disorders or drugs associated with nail, Bone, or ocular findings 57
 
Genital ulcers 67
 
Infection and Infestations 68
 
Fungal Disease / Mycoses 68
 
Laboratory tests 68
 
Superficial mycoses 68
 
Cutaneous mycoses 69
 
Subcutaneous mycoses 71
 
Systemic mycoses 73
 
Opportunistic mycoses

Margaret W. Mann is Associate Professor and Director of Aesthetic Dermatology, University Hospitals, Case Western School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. She is the Co-Founder of Innova Dermatology, Hendersonville, TN, USA.
 
Daniel L. Popkin is Assistant Chief of Dermatology, Louis Stokes VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University Hospitals, Case Western School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. He is the Co-Founder of Innova Dermatology, Hendersonville, TN, USA.