An Atlas of Dermoscopy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415458951 ISBN 13: 9780415458955

Publisher: CRC Press, 2012

Synopsis

Building on a successful first edition, this revised and extended Atlas of Dermoscopy demonstrates the state of the art of how to use dermoscopy to detect and diagnose lesions of the skin, with a special emphasis on malignant skin tumours. With well over 1,500 photographs, drawings, and tables, the book has extensive clinical correlation with dermoscopic images, so readers can appreciate the added benefits of dermoscopy by comparing the clinical morphology seen with the naked eye with the corresponding dermoscopic morphology; extensive illustrations from the image collections of internationally recognized experts, who have years of experience refining their techniques; and extensive schematic drawings to help readers single out the key structures and patterns to recognize in the dermoscopic images.

The second edition has important new material on such topics as observed differences between polarized and non-polarized dermoscopy, newly recognized structures and patterns, refined and revised suggestions for pattern analysis, dermoscopy of the hair and nails, and how to integrate dermoscopy into general clinical practice. It also covers dermoscopically equivocal, false negative, and false positive lesions; discusses further indications for dermoscopy beyond skin cancer; and details common checklists of criteria and algorithms used to diagnose skin lesions.

About this title

About the Author

Ashfaq Marghoob: Director of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s regional skin cancer clinic in Hauppauge, Long Island, USA.

Ralph Braun: Department of Dermatology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Josep Malvehy: Director, Melanoma Unit, University Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. Board member of International Dermoscopy Society

Review

"...The atlas is unputdownable. It also features something that many dermoscopy books lack: all of the key descriptive features of the images are included in a box just beneath the picture. There is no need to search for information....The chapters are authored by the most prominent experts in the field....

...I am confident that the informative text and spectacular images will trigger continued enthusiasm."
―Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0415458951
• ISBN 13: 9780415458955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Marghoob Ashfaq, Braun Ralph