Pathology of the Skin: With Clinical Correlations, Third Edition (2 Volume Set, with CD-ROM)

McKee MD FRCPath, Phillip H.; Granter MD, Scott R.; Calonje MD DipRCPath, J. Eduardo

ISBN 10: 0323036724 / ISBN 13: 9780323036726

Published by Mosby Ltd., 2005

About this Item

Two volume set, complete. The books are both Very Good hardcovers in illustrated boards. Overall an attractive set with minimal wear. No markings to the text. Color photographs throughout. The original CD-ROMs are included and are unopened and unused. The envelope holding the CD-ROM in Volume One has been torn from the paste-down, but is still present. Extra charges may be requested for this heavy set.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pathology of the Skin: With Clinical Correlations, Third Edition (2 Volume Set, with CD-ROM)
• Publisher: Mosby Ltd.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323036724
• ISBN 13: 9780323036726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Winner of the British Medical Association award (Dermatology Book Category) and the The Society of Authors & the Royal Society of Medicine 2005 book awards (New Edition of an Edited Book)


The most complete, in-depth coverage of the field available today in one source! It focuses particularly on aetiology and pathogenesis, disease mechanisms and includes all of the appropriate recent genetic, molecular and basic science data. More than 5,400 illustrations include depictions of clinical variants to support clinicopathological correlation and differential diagnoses. The 3rd Edition has been completely reorganised and redesigned to better meet the diagnostic challenges faced in everyday practice. Histologic diagnostic pitfalls are highlighted throughout and include detailed cross references for all relevant conditions.

• Details all of the histological variations of any skin condition, integrating dermatopathology, clinical correlations, and clinical photographs.
  
• Uses tables to highlight key clinical and diagnostic points.
  
• Provides differential diagnosis tables to facilitate "at-a-glance" comparison.
  
• All relevant genetic and molecular material is included.
  
• CD-ROM contains over 5,400 illustrations that are downloadable for presentations.
  
• Every conceivable variant is illustrated.

• Offers six brand-new chapters covering hair, drug reactions, oral mucosa, diseases of the vulva, and the physical effects of skin/photosensitivity, and reorganizes the chapter on inflammatory dermatoses into three chapters.
  
• Emphasizes diagnosis with diagnostic pitfalls described in at-a-glance tables, where appropriate, with page references to the relevant conditions.
  
• Every indexed topic comprehensively discussed and illustrated.
  
• Includes 70% new, high quality histologic illustrations.
  
• Presents the key clinical features for each entity in bulleted format for ease of reference.

About the Author

Phillip H. McKee, MD FRCPath, Formerly Associate Professor of Pathology and Director, Division of Dermatopathology, Department of Surgical Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; J Eduardo Calonje, MD DipRCPath, Director of Diagnostic Dermatopathology, Department of Dermato-Histopathology, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK; and Scott Granter, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA