Roxburgh's Common Skin Diseases

1 An introduction to skin and skin disease
An overview
Skin structure and function
Summary
2 Signs and symptoms of skin disease
Alterations in skin colour
Alterations in the skin surface
The size, shape, and thickness of skin lesions
Oedema, fluid-filled cavities, and ulcers
Secondary changes
Symptoms of skin disorder
Disabilities from skin disease
Summary
3 Skin infections
Fungal disease of the skin, superficial mycoses, and infections with ringworm fungi
(dermatophyte infections)
Bacterial infection of the skin
Viral infection
Summary
4 Infestations, insect bites and stings
Scabies
Pediculosis
Insect bites and stings
Helminthic infestations of the skin
Summary
5 Immunologically mediated skin disorders
Urticaria and angioedema
Erythema multiforme
Erythema nodosum
Annular erythemas
Autoimmune disorders
Systemic sclerosis
Morphoea
Dermatomyositis
The vasculitis group of diseases
Drug eruptions
Summary
6 Blistering skin disorders
Blistering diseases
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Linear IgA disease
Epidermolysis bullosa
Pemphigus
Summary
7 Skin disorders in AIDS, immunodeficiency, and venereal disease
Infections
Skin cancers
Other skin manifestations
Psoriasis
Treatment of skin manifestations of AIDS
Drug-induced immunodeficiency
Other causes of acquired immunodeficiency
Congenital immunodeficiencies
Dermatological aspects of venereal disease
Summary
8 Eczema (dermatitis)
Atopic dermatitis
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Discoid eczema (nummular eczema)
Eczema craquelée (asteatotic eczema)
Lichen simplex chronicus (circumscribed neurodermatitis)
Contact dermatitis
Venous eczema (gravitational eczema; stasis dermatitis)
Summary
9 Psoriasis and lichen planus
Psoriasis
Pityriasis rubra piliaris
Lichen planus
Summary
10 Acne, rosacea and similar disorders
Acne
Rosacea
Perioral dermatitis
Summary
11 Wound healing and ulcers
Principles of wound healing
Venous hypertension, the gravitational syndrome, and venous ulceration
Decubitus ulceration
Neuropathic ulcers
Less common causes of ulceration
Diagnosis and assessment of ulcers
Summary
12 Benign tumours, moles, birthmarks and cysts
Tumours of epidermal origin
Benign tumours of sweat gland origin
Melanocytic naevi (moles)
Degenerative changes in naevi
Vascular malformations (angioma) and capillary naevi
Dermatofibroma (histiocytoma and sclerosing haemangioma)
Leiomyoma
Neural tumours
Lipoma
Collagen and elastic tissue naevi
Mast cell naevus and mastiocytosis
Cysts
Treatment of benign tumours, moles, and birthmarks
Summary
13 Malignant disease of the skin
Non-melanoma skin cancer
Melanoma skin cancer
Lymphomas of skin (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
Summary
14 Skin problems in infancy and old age
Infancy
Old age
Summary
15 Disorders of keratinization and other genodermatoses
Introduction
Xeroderma
Autosomal dominant ichthyosis
Sex-linked ichthyosis
Non-bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma (epidermolytic hyperkeratosis)
Lamellar ichthyosis
Collodion baby
Other disorders of keratinization
Other genodermatoses
Summary
16 Metabolic disorders and reticulohistiocytic proliferative disorders
Porphyrias
Necrobiotic disorders
Reticulohistiocytic proliferative disorders
Summary
17 Systemic disease and the skin
Skin markers of malignant disease
Endocrine disease, diabetes, and the skin
Skin infection and pruritus
Androgenization (virilisation)
Nutrition and the skin
Skin and the gastrointestinal tract
Hepatic disease
Systemic causes of pruritus
Summary
18 Disorders of pigmentation
Generalized hypopigmentation
Localized hypopigmentation
Hyperpigmentation
Summary