This is an invaluable collection of information designed to help residents, fellows, and students – as well as any already qualified medical professional interested in revising the essentials of skin conditions – to master the basics of skin pathology. Using the principle of pattern recognition, it simplifies the multitude of dermatopathologic signs by using easy-to-memorize images of what the key features look like – photomnemonics. There are also helpful sections on the technical aspects of dermatopathology and on the key findings at each level of the skin. Organized simply and abundantly illustrated, this text will be an indispensable guide to revision for all its readers.

this book is dedicated to the dermatology residents at the University of Miami, who motivated me to simplify dermatopathology by using easy-to-memorize images (photomnemonics). Encouraged by the positive response to these over the years, I have put together this book in order to introduce residents, fellows, and students, as well as anyone interested in skin, to the basics of skin pathology. I hope readers will fnd the book useful and will beneft from it, but, most importantly, I hope they will enjoy it.

this book would not have happened without the help of my colleagues and dear friends Paolo Romanelli, MD, and Clara Milikowski, MD, who generously provided me with many pathologic slides from their collections. other individual contributions are credited in the captions of the illustrations.

Features

* Features a wide variety of useful tips for those revising for exams or recertification
* Features colour illustrations throughout
* Features a highly visual style of presentation
* Covers essential tips on the basics and key findings

Contents

۱. Characteristics of the cells at low power and close-up view
۲. Terminology, special stains, and immunohistochemistry
۳. Inflammatory dermatoses
۴. Non-inflammatory dermatoses
۵. Skin tumors
۶. Key pathologic fndings for levels of the skin