Dermatology
Disease Course and Treatment
and Emanual Maverakis3 (1) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2) New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA (3) University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA The natural…
Neoplastic Dermatology
Figure 6-1 Porokeratosis. Several streaks of linear porokeratosis on the lower extremity. (From Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP. Dermatology, 3rd edn. Elsevier, 2012.) ■ Punctate porokeratosis: onset in adolescence; 1- to…
Cutaneous Manifestations of Internal Disease and Metastases
Figure 10-1 (A) Trichodiscomas and (B) fibrofolliculomas and acrochordons in a patient with Birt-Hogg-Dubé. (With permission López V, Jordá E, Monteagudo C. Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: An Update. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) 2012;103(3):198–206) Genetics…
Dermatologic Surgery
Figure 8-1 Trigeminal (cranial nerve V) and cervical plexus cutaneous sensory nerves. The concha and external auditory canal are variably innervated by branches of the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial nerves. (From Bolognia…
Dermatopathology
Figure 7-1 Electrocautery. (From Elston D, et al. Dermatopathology, 2nd Ed. Elsevier. 2013) Figure 7-2 Gelfoam, purple, angled deposits. (From Weedon D. Weedon’s Skin Pathology, 3rd ed. Elsevier. 2009) Figure 7-3 Histopathologic features of a…
General Dermatology
Figure 3-1 Immunopathogenesis of psoriasis. The occurrence of triggering environmental factors in genetically predisposed individuals, carrying susceptibility alleles of psoriasis-associated genes, results in disease development. During the initiation phase, stressed keratinocytes…
Basic Science
Figure 1-1 The adherens junction and desmosome. (A) The adherens junction complex contains classic cadherins as transmembrane constituents, and α-catenins, β-catenins, and plakoglobin as cytoplasmic constituents. A classic cadherin is directly…
Infectious Diseases
Figure 5-1 Histology of epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Note the cells with perinuclear halos and blue-gray granular cytoplasm in the mid to upper epidermis. (Courtesy, Lorenzo Cerroni, MD. Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP….
Cosmetic Dermatology
Figure 9-1 Depth of optical penetration by various lasers. It should be noted that the treatment depth can greatly exceed the optical penetration depth for ablative lasers. On the face, fat…
