272 Pages 135 Color & 10 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    A 23-year-old African Caribbean woman presents in the emergency department with an acute onset facial rash. During initial assessment she complains of a two week history of general malaise, fatigue, fever, and weight loss. You have been assigned her examination...

    100 Cases in Dermatology presents 100 scenarios with a dermatological manifestation commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors. A succinct summary of the patient's history, examination and initial investigations, including full colour images showing presentation, is followed by questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each topic, with further illustration where appropriate, providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for students and junior doctors.

    Making clinical decisions and choosing the best course of action is one of the most challenging and difficult parts of training to become a doctor. These cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important dermatological symptoms and signs and, where appropriate, their relationship to other medical conditions, and to develop their diagnostic and management skills.

    Atopic eczema
    Infected eczema (bacterial)
    Eczema herpeticum
    Seborrhoeic Dermatitis: adult
    Pompholyx eczema
    Varicose eczema
    Allergic contact dermatitis: nickel
    Allergic contact dermatitis: other medicament- neomycin/PPD etc)
    Urticaria
    Urticaria Pigmentosa
    Angio-oedema
    Chronic plaque psoriasis
    Guttate psoriasis
    Erythrodermic psoriasis
    Polymorphic light eruption
    Phytophotodermatitis
    Porphyria cutanea tarda
    Erythropoietic porphyria
    Toxic erythema (drug eruption)
    Fixed drug eruption
    Erythema multiforme
    Stevens-Johnson-Syndrome
    Toxic epidermal necrolysis
    DRESS (drug eruption eosinophilia and systemic symptoms)
    AGEP (acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis)
    Vasculitis
    Lichen planus
    Bullous pemphigoid
    Pemphigus vulgaris
    Dermatitis herpetiformis
    Pemphigoid gestationis
    Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)
    Morphea
    Systemic sclerosis (CREST)
    Systemic lupus erythematosus SLE
    Subacute lupus erythematosus (SCLE)
    Discoid lupus eruthematosus DLE
    Dermatomyositis
    Haemachromatosis
    Vitiligo
    Neurofibromatosis type 1
    Acanthosis nigricans
    Pyoderma gangrenosum
    Necrobiosis lipoidica
    Pretibial myxoedema
    Granuloma annulare
    Sarcoidosis
    Venous leg ulcer
    Lymphoedema
    Arterial ulcer
    Diabetic foot ulcer
    Cavernous haemangioma
    Port wine stain
    Bowens disease
    Basal Cell Carcinoma â€" nodular
    Gorlins Syndrome
    Squamous cell carcinoma
    Keratoacanthoma
    Naevi (junctional, compound, intradermal)
    Dysplasic naevus syndrome
    Lentigo maligna
    Paget’s disease of the nipple
    Malignant melanoma: superficial spreading
    Malignant melanoma: nodular
    Mycosis fungoides
    B-cell lymphoma
    Acne
    Rosacea
    Impetigo
    Erysipelas
    Cellulitis
    Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS)
    Syphilis (secondary)
    Herpes labialis
    Herpes zoster
    Molluscum
    HPV
    Measles
    Chicken pox
    Primary HIV (seroconversion)
    Candida (mouth, flexures)
    Kaposi’s sarcoma
    Scabies
    Leishmaniasis
    Tinea capitis
    Tinea incognito
    Onychomycosis
    Alopecia areata
    Androgenetic alopecia
    Hirsutism
    Transplant patient with dysplastic lesions
    GVHD
    Incontinentia pigmenti
    Xeroderma pigmentosa
    Ichthyosis (X-linked has the nice labour link for the history)
    EB
    Tuberous sclerosis
    Amyloid
    Erythema gyratum repens
    Ehlers danlos

    Biography

    Rachael Morris-Jones, Consultant Dermatologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College
    Hospital, London, UK
    Ann-Marie Powell, Consultant Dermatologist, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust,
    London, UK
    Emma Benton, Post-CCT Clinical Research Fellow, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust,
    London, UK