Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. Reference for dermatologists and pathologists. Extensively illustrated with a significant number of color images. Previous edition 1978. DNLM: Dermatitis - diagnosis.

Preface How to use this book I Preparing for specific diagnosis 1 Embryologic, histologic, and anatomic aspects 3 2 Cells that mediate inflammation 57 3 Definition of terms 75 4 Proper biopsy 99 II Proceeding to specific diagnosis 5 Basic patterns and analysis of them 107 6 An algorithmic method for diagnosis that employs pattern analysis 145 III Specific diagnoses 7 Inflammatory diseases 170 8 Simulators of inflammatory diseases 787 IV Coming to specific diagnosis by another route 9 Nonspecific findings as vehicles to specific histopathologic diagnosis 887 App Erroneous concepts of inflammatory skin diseases and simulators of them 923 Index 927