Raymond L. Barnhill – Dermatopathology

Автор: Raymond L. Barnhill
Название книги: Dermatopathology (3rd edition)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 1102
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

The definitive survey of diagnostic dermatopathology―now extensively revised with expanded full-color art

Includes Online Image Bank containing all the images in the book

A Doody's Core Title for 2011!

4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
“This is an excellent textbook of dermatopathology in a highly competitive field.”–Doody's Review Service

For virtually every kind of skin lesion, this skill-sharpening resource has everything you need to successfully perform differential diagnosis at the microscopic level. Dermatopathology features a systematic, algorithmic approach that cuts through the complexity of the discipline’s traditional disease-oriented focus, providing a ready-to-use diagnostic tool that puts the entire world of dermatopathology into perspective.

Filled with hundreds of color photomicrographs, the book features a clear five-part organization and 37 detailed chapters―each reflecting the scientifically rigorous, up-to-date insights of authors who are acknowledged experts in the field. The book’s vast scope encompasses all skin disease processes―inflammatory, non-inflammatory, infections, and proliferations (harmatomas, hyperplasias, and neoplasms, plus disorders of nails and oral mucosa).

Features
NEW! Full chapters on laboratory methods, stains, and updated immunohistochemistry facilitate identification, interpretation, and subsequent accurate diagnosis
NEW! Revised chapters provide important new information on inflammatory conditions, infections, and melanocytic, vascular, lymphoid, and other neoplastic conditions
NEW! Updated and added material on special staining and immunohistochemistry, including monoclonal antibodies and fluorescence
Numerous easy-access tables, bulleted lists, and charts in each chapter
The editor and publisher are extremely
enthusiastic to offer a third edition of
this book to physicians and others in the
fields of dermatopathology, dermatology,
and allied specialties. It is the
express wish of the editors, contributors,
and the publisher that the information
compiled in this work greatly aides
physicians and other health care workers
in facilitating the best patient care
possible. The editor is deeply appreciative
of the prodigious work of the new
coeditors Neil Crowson, Cynthia Magro,
and Michael Piepkorn and the many
eminent contributors in producing an
accessible and scholarly book.
The third edition has been revised with
the same goals as the first and second editions,
that is, to provide “descriptive
histopathology and differential diagnosis,
critical analysis, balanced perspectives on
what is known and what is not, clarity of
writing, the use of tables to summarize
the key features of major entities, and
color photomicrographs” and also to
maintain a rather uniform style.
In the course of revising the book, a significant
effort has been made to improve
the overall quality of photographs in the
book. The latter has been accomplished
by replacing the existing black and white
with color images, improving the quality
of many existing color images, increasing
the overall number of photographs, and
finally including new clinical images. All
chapters have been superbly revised, and
much new information has been included
with respect to various inflammatory
conditions, infections, melanocytic, vascular,
lymphoid and other neoplastic conditions.
Newly described entities have
been added to the book where appropriate,
and approximately one hundred new
color photomicrographs have been incorporated
into the third edition.
As before, I acknowledge the tremendous
efforts of the many people involved
in this third edition, without which it
would not have been possible. I am especially
indebted to all the contributors and
to the staff at McGraw-Hill who have
made the third edition a reality. I sincerely
hope that the information contained in
this book may contribute to improved
and more enlightened patient care.
Raymond L. Barnhill