CONTENTS
Section 1 General Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Structure of Skin 1
Chapter 2 Structure of Skin Lesions and Fundamentals of Clinical Diagnosis 7
Chapter 3 Basic Pathologic Reaction of the Skin 15
Chapter 4 Therapeutics 21
Section 2 T-cell Dysregulation Inflammatory Disorders 45
Chapter 1 Allergic Contact Dermatitis 45
Chapter 2 Atopic Dermatitis 53
Chapter 3 Lichen Simplex Chronicus 62
Chapter 4 Prurigo Nodularis 63
Chapter 5 Psoriasis 65
Chapter 6 Lichen Planus 74
Chapter 7 Seborrheic Dermatitis 86
Section 3 Inflammatory Diseases Based on Neutrophils and Eosinophils 90
Chapter 1 Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis (Sweet Syndrome) 90
Chapter 2 Hypereosinophilic Syndrome 95
Section 4 Abnormal Humoral Reactivity Inflammatory Disorders 99
Chapter 1 Urticaria and Angioedema 99
Chapter 2 Pityriasis Rosea 109
Chapter 3 Erythema Multiforme 113
Chapter 4 Epidermal Necrolysis (Stevens�CJohnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis) 118
Chapter 5 Cutaneous Reactions to Drugs 126
Section 5 Bullous Disorders 133
Chapter 1 Pemphigus 133
Chapter 2 Bullous Pemphigoid 142
Section 6 Disorders of Skin Appendages 148
Chapter 1 Acne Vulgaris 148
Chapter 2 Rosacea 155
Chapter 3 Alopecia Areata 160
Chapter 4 Androgenetic Alopecia 163
Section 7 Disorders of Skin Appendages 166
Chapter 1 Lichen Sclerosus 166
Section 8 Disorders of Melanocytes 170
Chapter 1 Vitiligo 170
Chapter 2 Melasma 174
Chapter 3 Nevus of Ota 176
Section 9 Disorders Due to the Environment 178
Chapter 1 Sunburn 178
Chapter 2 Polymorphic Light Eruption 180
Chapter 3 Frostbite 182
Section 10 Metabolic Disorders 185
Chapter 1 Primary Cutaneous Amyloidosis 185
Chapter 2 Xanthomatoses 186
Section 11 Psychocutaneous Skin Diseases 190
Chapter 1 Delusions of Parasitosis 190
Chapter 2 Dermatitis Artefacta 192
Section 12 Hereditary Disorders 194
Chapter 1 The Ichthyoses 194
Chapter 2 Inherited Epidermolysis Bullosa 204
Chapter 3 The Neurofibromatoses 213
Chapter 4 Darier Disease 216
Chapter 5 Hailey-Hailey Disease 220
Section 13 Connective Tissue Diseases 222
Chapter 1 Lupus Erythematosus 222
Chapter 2 Dermatomyositis 233
Chapter 3 Scleroderma 241
Chapter 4 Sj.gren��s Syndrome 252
Section 14 Inflammatory Vascular Disorders and Panniculitis 258
Chapter 1 Henoch�CSch.nlein Purpura 258
Chapter 2 Pigmented Purpuric Dermatoses 260
Chapter 3 Beh.et Disease 263
Chapter 4 Panniculitis 269
Section 15 Skin Neoplasia 273
Chapter 1 Seborrheic Keratosis 273
Chapter 2 Capillary Malformation and Infantile Hemangiomas 274
Chapter 3 Pyogenic Granuloma 283
Chapter 4 Keloid 284
Chapter 5 Actinic Keratoses 286
Chapter 6 Bowen Disease 291
Chapter 7 Basal Cell Carcinoma 294
Chapter 8 Squamous Cell Carcinoma 299
Chapter 9 Mammary and Extramammary Paget��s Disease 307
Chapter 10 Nevomelanocytic Nevi 310
Chapter 11 Cutaneous Melanoma 315
Chapter 12 Mycosis Fungoides 335
Section 16 Bacterial Diseases 341
Chapter 1 Impetigo 341
Chapter 2 Folliculitis�� Furuncles and Carbuncles 345
Chapter 3 Erysipelas 347
Chapter 4 Tuberculosis 350
Chapter 5 Leprosy 353
Section 17 Fungal Diseases 360
Chapter 1 Tinea Capitis 360
Chapter 2 Tinea Corporis 364
Chapter 3 Tinea Cruris 367
Chapter 4 Tinea Pedis and Tinea Manuum 368
Chapter 5 Onychomycosis 370
Chapter 6 Tinea (Pityriasis) Versicolor 372
Chapter 7 Sporotrichosis 375
Section 18 Viral Disease 377
Chapter 1 Herpes Simplex 377
Chapter 2 Varicella and Herpes Zoster 379
Chapter 3 Molluscum Contagiosum 383
Chapter 4 Common Warts and Verruca Plana 385
Section 19 Infestations 389
Chapter 1 Scabies 389
Chapter 2 Pediculosis 391
Chapter 3 Arthropod Bites and Stings 394
Section 20 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 397
Chapter 1 Syphilis 397
Chapter 2 Genital Herpes 410
Chapter 3 Gonorrhea 413
Chapter 4 Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infection 418
Chapter 5 Human Papilloma Virus Infections 420
Chapter 6 Cutaneous Manifestations of HIV Infection 433