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Practical Dermatopathology

  • 3rd Edition - February 2, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Ronald P. Rapini
  • Language: English

Written from the perspective of both the histopathologist and clinician, Practical Dermatopathology, 3rd Edition, allows you to search by disease or pathologic feature to quickly… Read more

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Written from the perspective of both the histopathologist and clinician, Practical Dermatopathology, 3rd Edition, allows you to search by disease or pathologic feature to quickly locate key criteria and a differential diagnosis. Practical and portable, Practical Dermatopathology is your ideal high-yield microscope companion!

Key features

  • Make accurate, complete reports by fully understanding clinical correlations.

  • Accurately diagnose a wide range of conditions using nearly 800 full-color illustrations, with leader lines pointing out key pathologic and clinical features as they would be seen in daily practice.

  • Find critical information quickly through extensive cross-referencing of differential diagnosis lists by finding and disease. Clinical lists are based on location, symptoms, duration, arrangement, morphology, and color. Pathologic lists include major categories such as epidermal changes, dermal changes, and cell types.

  • Gauge your mastery of the material with online multiple-choice review questions (130 are NEW) that provide an ideal study resource for board review or recertification.

  • Stay current with comprehensive updates throughout, as well as unique differential diagnosis lists, numerous tables and boxes, full-color histology images, and supporting clinical photographs including bonus clinical correlation images online.

  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Readership

Dermatologists

Table of contents

1 Clinical and Pathological Findings With Differential Diagnostic Lists

2

Eczematous and Papulosquamous Diseases

3

Reactive Erythemas

4

Vasculitis and Other Purpuric Diseases

5

Intraepidermal Vesicular and Pustular Diseases

6

Subepidermal Vesicular Diseases

7

Non-infectious Granulomas

8

Deposition and Metabolic Diseases

9

Alterations of Connective Tissues

10

Adnexal Inflammatory Diseases

11

Some Genodermatoses

12

Bacterial Diseases

13

Fungal Diseases

14

Viral, Rickettsial, and Chlamydial Diseases

15

Parasitic Diseases

16

Panniculitis

17

Other Non-neoplastic Diseases

18

Epithelial Neoplasms

19

Cysts

20

Melanocytic Neoplasms

21

Sebaceous Neoplasms

22

Follicular Neoplasms

23

Sweat Gland Neoplasms

24

Myeloproliferative Disorders

25

Vascular Proliferations and Neoplasms

26

Neural Neoplasms

27

Fibrohistiocytic Proliferations and Neoplasms

28

Metastatic Neoplasms to Skin

29

Miscellaneous Remnants and Neoplasms

30

Special Stains

Review quotes

Doody's Core Titles® 2022

"Unlike other dermatopathology books, this one provides clever histology descriptions that will stick in your brain."

-© Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Patricia Wong, MD (Private Practice) Review Score: 100- 5 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 2, 2021
  • Language: English

About the author

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Ronald P. Rapini

Ronald P. Rapini, MD, born in 1954 in Akron, Ohio, is a renowned dermatologist and dermatopathologist. He is the Chernosky Professor and Chair of Dermatology at UTHealth Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Trained at Ohio State, University of Iowa, and Colorado, he has led the growth of the dermatology program there since 2002, mentoring many award-winning trainees.

He has served as president of major dermatology societies, authored the widely used textbook Practical Dermatopathology, and published over 150 peer-reviewed articles.

Affiliations and expertise
Chernosky Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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