In this condensed text aimed at medical students, pathology and dermatology residents, dermatologists, and dermatopathologists, Elder (pathology and laboratory medicine, U. of Pennsylvania) et al. organize skin diseases by pattern classification: the location in the skin, morphologic patterns, cell types, and representative disorders. The diseases are listed in order of their expected frequency in an average dermatopathology practice, and they briefly describe and illustrate representative disorders in each category and their histopathology, and list conditions for differential diagnosis. This edition has been revised and updated and expands the concept of pattern recognition in differential diagnosis. It has added diseases, an expanded table of contents, new section color coding, more tables that compare ?lookalike? diseases, and more images (about 1,000 new), as each disease is illustrated with multiple color photomicrographs. They use whole scale digital scans for the new images. Online access to a searchable version of the book is included. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Written for trainees as well as experienced dermatopathologists, this 3rd edition of theAtlas And Synopsis Of Levers Histopathology Of The Skin provides a systematic approach to diagnosing skin diseases.
Classifying skin diseases by location, reaction patterns, and cell type if applicable, this new edition greatly improves the ability of the reader to recognize a wide variety of skin diseases and help in the development of differential diagnoses. Written to be a useful reference tool and teaching aid rather than a comprehensive textbook, this guide will aid dermatopathologists of all experience levels in the understanding of cutaneous reaction patterns and diagnosis.
