This engaging new text teaches students residents and practitioners of all ages how to use
insights from both pathologists and dermatologists to improve their comprehension of skin
disorders. It is meant to bridge the gap between dermatology and dermapathology and explores
the questions that practitioners have that fall between the two subjects. What is a
dermatologist to do with a pathology report that has a histological rather than a clinical
diagnosis? What is to be done with old names of disorders that some clinicians still use? Why
do some disorders have many names and which is better and why? These and dozens of other
questions are answered in Practical Skin Pathology the only book of its kind to address both
the clinical education of each disease as well as the pathology findings. Authored by a leader
in clinical dermatology dermatopathology and skin immunology Practical Skin Pathology is
written for dermatologists dermatology residents and dermatopathologists. Addressing such
questions as whether to accept a differential diagnosis from a dermatopathologist rather than a
specific diagnosis and when to how to help a pathologists give a dermatologist the best
possible interpretation of a biopsy this quick reference includes color illustrations images
and tables to better assist the physician in answering these common questions and concerns.
