Description
**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® in Dermatology**Comprehensive, concise, and superbly illustrated, Weedon's Skin Pathology Essentials, 3rd Edition, provides expert, easy-to-read guidance on key diagnoses in dermatopathology for pathologists and dermatologists in practice and training. This clearly written, well-structured text/atlas is ideal for quickly looking up practical problems in the recognition and diagnosis of skin lesions both clinically and histologically. Cross-referenced to the encyclopedic and authoritative Weedon's Skin Pathology, 5th Edition, it enables you to avoid pitfalls and make the most accurate diagnoses with confidence.- Covers more than 1,300 dermatopathological entities, both common and rare, including additional entries in every section of the text- Provides more than 3,000 color histopathologic and clinical images for complete visual coverage of key diagnostic points for any given entity, and features new illustrations of rare conditions and unusual manifestations- Includes numerous summary tables and diagnostic algorithms that guide you to the most likely diagnosis and set of differential diagnoses for numerous inflammatory and neoplastic skin conditions- Discusses the latest immunohistochemical staining techniques and molecular genetic techniques- Uses a highly templated, bulleted, outline format throughout, facilitating quick and easy retrieval of key information
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION1. An approach to the interpretation of skin biopsies2. Diagnostic cluesSECTION 2 TISSUE REACTION PATTERNS3. The lichenoid reaction pattern (¡¥interface dermatitis¡¦)4. The psoriasiform reaction pattern5. The spongiotic reaction pattern6. The vesiculobullous reaction pattern7. The granulomatous reaction pattern8. The vasculopathic reaction patternSECTION 3 THE EPIDERMIS9. Disorders of epidermal maturation and keratinization10. Disorders of pigmentationSECTION 4 THE DERMIS11. Disorders of collagen12. Disorders of elastic tissue13. Cutaneous mucinoses14. Cutaneous deposits15. Diseases of cutaneous appendages16. Cysts, sinuses and pits17. PanniculitisSECTION 5 THE SKIN IN SYSTEMIC AND MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES18. Metabolic and storage diseases19. Miscellaneous conditions20. Cutaneous drug reactions21. Reactions to physical agentsSECTION 6 INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS22. Cutaneous infections and infestations -- histological patterns23. Bacterial and rickettsial infections24. Spirochetal infections25. Mycoses and algal infections26. Viral diseases27. Protozoal infections28. Marine injuries29. Helminth infestations30. Arthropod-induced diseasesSECTION 7 TUMORS31. Tumors of the epidermis32. Lentigines, nevi and melanomas33. Tumors of cutaneous appendages34. Tumors and tumor-like proliferations of fibrous and related tissues35. Tumors of fat36. Tumors of muscle, cartilage and bone37. Neural and neuroendocrine tumors38. Vascular tumors39. Cutaneous metastases40. Cutaneous infiltrates -- non-lymphoid41. Cutaneous infiltrates -- lymphoid and leukemic
