Pathology of the Skin: With Clinical Correlations, 2-Volume Set with CD-ROMS by Phillip H. McKee, Eduardo Colonje, Scott R. Granter, J. Eduardo Calonje

Synopsis

"This magnificent work...covers the gamut of dermatopathology"-NEJM. The most complete, in-depth coverage of the field available today in one source! It focuses particularly on etiology and pathogenesis, disease mechanisms and includes all of the appropriate recent genetic, molecular and basic science data. More than 5,400 illustrations provide diagnostic assistance of clinical variants to support clinicopathological correlation and differential diagnoses. The 3rd Edition has been completely reorganized and redesigned to better meet the diagnostic challenges faced in everyday practice. Histologic and diagnostic pitfalls are highlighted throughout and include detailed references for all relevant conditions.

• Details all of the histological variations of any skin condition, integrating dermatopathology, clinical correlations, and clinical photographs.
  
• Uses tables to highlight key clinical and diagnostic points.
  
• Provides differential diagnosis tables to facilitate "at-a-glance" comparison.
  
• All relevant genetic and molecular material is included.
  
• CD-ROM contains over 5,400 illustrations that are downloadable for presentations.
  
• Every conceivable variant is illustrated.

• Offers six brand-new chapters covering hair, drug reactions, oral mucosa, diseases of the vulva, and the physical effects of skin/photosensitivity, and reorganizes the chapter on inflammatory dermatoses into three chapters.
  
• Emphasizes diagnosis with diagnostic pitfalls described in at-a-glance tables, where appropriate, with page references to the relevant conditions.
  
• Every indexed topiccomprehensively discussed and illustrated.
  
• Includes 70% new, high quality histologic illustrations.
  
• Presents the key clinical features for each entity in bulleted format for ease of reference.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Barbara M. Egbert, bs md(VA Palo Alto Health Care System)
Description:This two-volume book, dedicated to the pathology of the skin with clinicopathologic correlations, covers all aspects of cutaneous disease from congenital diseases to tumors of the skin. The prior edition was published in 1996 in one volume.
Purpose:The purpose was to completely rewrite the second edition to include new entities and chapters discussing hair follicle, nail, external genital, and oral mucosa pathology. An additional section covers adverse drug reactions. These are worthy objectives as the added sections have become more important and must be evaluated by dermatopathologists. The book meets the author's objectives.
Audience:This book is written for the practitioners of dermatopathology, general pathology, and dermatology. Fellows and residents in these fields would also find the book helpful. The authors are experts in dermatopathology.
Features:The book covers normal histology of the skin and proceeds to cover congenital, inflammatory, and neoplastic diseases of the skin. The 5,000 illustrations are a major feature of the book. These are of extremely high quality both of clinical lesions and of histologic sections. Electron micrographs, diagrams, and tables are included in some sections. Occasionally there appears to be somewhat less written description, perhaps because there are such extensive illustrations. A minor point is that sometimes the index does not give the exact page of the referred to entity (e.g., syringoma is listed as on page 1625-1628, but is actually on 1627-1630).
Assessment:This is an excellenttext of dermatopathology. The illustrations alone are immensely valuable and are about the best available. I have found this book useful, but usually have used it in conjunction with Weedon's Skin Pathology, 2nd edition (Elsevier, 2002), and Elder et al.'s Lever's Histopathology of the Skin, 9th edition (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005). This new edition is completely justified as it has added new entities, new sections, and has reorganized the existing sections. CDs are also included with each volume.

Biography

Formerly Associate Professor of Pathology and Director, Division of Dermatopathology, Department of Surgical Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Director of Diagnostic Dermatopathology, Department of Dermato-Histopathology, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA