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Weedon's Skin Pathology

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  • 3rd Edition - October 26, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Author: David Weedon
  • Language: English

Thoroughly revised and up-dated, this comprehensive, authoritative reference will help both the experienced and novice practitioner diagnose skin diseases and disorders more… Read more

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Thoroughly revised and up-dated, this comprehensive, authoritative reference will help both the experienced and novice practitioner diagnose skin diseases and disorders more accurately and effectively. A superb full colour art programme illustrates the salient pathological features of both neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions and will help the reader interpret key clinical and diagnostic points. This single–authored text incorporates the wealth of Dr Weedon’s own personal observations and experience. His approach to the diagnosis and interpretation of skin biopsies is based on his thirty years as a dermatopathology practitioner and teacher.The author has reported on more than one million slides and the book is full of useful diagnostic clues and pearls drawn from that extensive personal experience. This remarkable book is an indispensable resource for all those involved in the identification and evaluation of skin disorders.

Key features

  • Encyclopedic reference work that discusses established disorders, unusual and rare disease entities as well as incompletely defined entities.
  • The book is comprehensive enough to meet the requirements of trainee and practicing dermatopathologists or pathologists when reporting on the histopathology of skin specimens.
  • A single authored text that presents an internationally recognized master diagnostician’s personal philosophy and skill in dealing with the diagnosis of skin biopsies.Provides a uniformity, clarity and internal consistency of approach and style that other books cannot match.
  • Over 1,200 large-sized, high quality illustrations.
  • Will facilitate an accurate diagnosis by accurately reproducing in the book what is seen through the microscope and thereby help identify the characteristic features of the lesion demonstrated.
  • For many of the features listed there will be practical advice on pitfalls and how to avoid them drawn from Dr Weedon’s unrivalled personal experience.Will facilitate the daily practice of dermatopathology and save the practitioner a lot of time and money.
  • Tables and boxes that organize diseases into groups, synthesize diagnostic criteria and list differential diagnoses makes the book user friendly and the information easy-to-access.
  • Remarkably authoritative, comprehensive, current and relevant reference list for each entity. There are over 35,000 references in the text.This degree of inclusivity facilitates the identification of both key articles and more rare and unusual reports. References only available online in this single volume version.

Readership

Dermatopathologists in practice and in training. Surgical Pathologists in practice and in training. Dermatologists in practice and in training.

Table of contents

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION


1 An approach to the interpretation of skin biopsies

2 Diagnostic clues

SECTION 2 TISSUE REACTION PATTERNS


3 The lichenoid reaction pattern (¡¥interface dermatitis¡¦)

4 The psoriasiform reaction pattern

5 The spongiotic reaction pattern

6 The vesiculobullous reaction pattern

7 The granulomatous reaction pattern

8 The vasculopathic reaction pattern

SECTION 3 THE EPIDERMIS


9 Disorders of epidermal maturation and keratinization

10 Disorders of pigmentation

SECTION 4 THE DERMIS


11 Disorders of collagen

12 Disorders of elastic tissue

13 Cutaneous mucinoses

14 Cutaneous deposits

15 Diseases of cutaneous appendages

16 Cysts, sinuses and pits

17 Panniculitis

SECTION 5 THE SKIN IN SYSTEMIC DISEASES

18 Metabolic and storage diseases

19 Miscellaneous conditions

20 Cutaneous drug reactions

21 Reactions to physical agents

SECTION 6 INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS


22 Cutaneous infections and infestations -- histological patterns

23 Bacterial and rickettsial infections

24 Spirochetal infections

25 Mycoses and algal infections

26 Viral diseases

27 Protozoal infections

28 Marine injuries

29 Helminth infestations

30 Arthropod-induced diseases

SECTION 7 TUMORS


31 Tumors of the epidermis

32 Lentigines, nevi and melanomas

33 Tumors of cutaneous appendages

34 Tumors and tumor-like proliferations of fibrous and related tissues

35 Tumors of fat

36 Tumors of muscle, cartilage and bone

37 Neural and neuroendocrine tumors

38 Vascular tumors

39 Cutaneous metastases

40 Cutaneous infiltrates -- non-lymphoid

41 Cutaneous infiltrates -- lymphoid and leukemic

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 26, 2009
  • Language: English

About the author

DW

David Weedon

Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Professor of Pathology, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia; Senior Visiting Pathologist, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; Dermatopathologist, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (a division of Sonic Healthcare), Australia

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