Oxford Handbook of Medical Dermatology

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Dermatology provides practical and accessible advice on how to reach a diagnosis or create a management plan when faced with patients with a range of skin conditions.

Giving concise and clear guidance on investigation and treatment, this Handbook helps doctors adopt a step-by-step approach at the bedside to make sense of skin problems by analysing clinical signs. Illustrated and in full colour, it covers skin physiology, an overview of common skin conditions, and skin problems commonly seen in a broad range of specialities, from rheumatology to psychiatry, as well as children and the elderly.

Now comprehensively updated with new clinical pictures, references, and extensively reworked chapters on skin in infancy and childhood, cutaneous reactions to drugs, skin tumours, and rheumatology. This second edition now includes a brand new chapter on skin and genetics, detailing this fast-growing and important area of dermatology, promoting good communication with a patient-centred and practical common-sense approach for trainees in dermatology, junior doctors, GPs, and medical students.

CONTENTS

1: Structure and function of the skin
2: The history in dermatology
3: Examination of the skin
4: What is the diagnosis?
5: Skin failure and emergency dermatology
6: Bacterial and spirochaetal infections
7: Viral and fungal infections
8: Infestations and parasites
9: Psoriasis
10: Eczema and lichen planus
11: Urticaria and erythema
12: Pustular rashes
13: Blisters
14: Oral and genital mucosae
15: Leg ulcers and lymphoedema
16: Sun and skin
17: Tumours
18: Cutaneous reactions to drugs
19: Skin and rheumatology
20: Vasculitis
21: Panniculitis
22: Diabetes and endocrinology
23: Skin and renal disease
24: Skin and gastroenterology
25: Skin and chest diseases
26: Skin and haematology/oncology
27: Skin and neurology
28: Skin and psychiatry
29: Skin in older people
30: Skin and pregnancy
31: Skin in infancy and childhood
32: Skin and genetics
33: Special tools and investigations
34: Medical management
35: Resources