Deadly Dermatologic Diseases

Michael B. Morgan Director of Dermatopathology Dermatology Specialists of Florida Panama City, Florida Staff Dermatopathologist Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Clermont, Florida Professor of Dermatology Michigan State College of Medicine Stephen C Somach, MD Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology MetroHealth Medical Center

Part I. Malignant Cutaneous Neoplasms.- 1. Angiosarcoma.- 2. Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma.- 3. Granulomatous Slack Skin.- 4. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.- 5. Leukemia Cutis.- 6. Mast Cell Disease (Urticaria Pigmentosa).- 7. Merkel Cell Carcinoma.- 8. Metastatic Carcinoma.- 9. Paget's Disease.- 10. Subcutaneous Panniculitis-like Lymphoma.- Part II. Hereditary Cancer-Predisposition Syndromes and Paraneoplastic Disorders.- 11. Muir-Torre Syndrome.- 12. Acquired Ichthyosis, Acanthosis Nigricans, Palmar Hyperkeratosis.- 13. Amyloidosis: Systemic, Nodular, and Epidermal Derived.- 14. Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome.- 15. Cowden's Syndrome.- 16. Gyrate Erythemas: Erythema Gyratum Repens and Erythema Chronicum Migrans.- 17. Gardner Syndrome .- 18. Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis.- 19. Multiple Cutaneous Leiomyomas.- 20. Lethal Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytoses: Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma and Xanthoma Disseminatum.- 21. Pancreatic Panniculitis.- 22. Scleromyxedema.- 23. Necrolytic Migratory Erythema.- Part III. Infectious Diseases.- 24. Anthrax.- 25. Ecthyma Gangrenosum.- 26. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and the Rickettsioses.- 27. Smallpox.- 28. Staphylococcal Toxin-Mediated Scalded Skin and Toxic Shock Syndromes.- 29. Meningococcemia and Purpura Fulminans.- Part IV. Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Autoimmune Disease.- 30. Lethal Hereditary Vascular Disorders: Osler-Weber-Rendu, Ataxia-Telangiectasia, and Fabry's Disease.- 31. Eruptive Xanthoma.- 32. Graft-versus-Host Disease.- 33. Paraneoplastic Pemphigus and Pemphigus Vulgaris.- 34. Relapsing Polychondritis.- Part V. Vascular Diseases.- 35. Calciphylaxis (Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy).- 36. Kawasaki Disease.- 37. Polyarteritis Nodosa.

"The purpose is to heighten awareness among dermatologists, medical students, emergency room physicians, and primary care physicians about the cutaneous findings and dermatologic entities that can have potentially dire consequences if not recognized. The audience is medical students, dermatology residents, dermatologists, emergency physicians, and primary care physicians." (Patricia Wong, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)