Dermatology and Solid Organ Transplantation

This textbook brings together experts in the field of transplant dermatology to review both state of the art and practical knowledge regarding the clinical presentation and management of the various cutaneous diseases seen in patients with solid organ transplant. Practicing dermatologists, trainees, and other health care providers involved in the care of transplant patients can learn the current diagnostic and management options, and how to apply these guidelines and principles in their everyday practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface

1 History of transplant dermatology and current epidemiologic trends in posttransplant skin cancer
Deniz Seçkin and Megan H. Trager

2 Immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ transplantation
Ethan P. Marin, Elizabeth Cohen, and Divyanshu Malhotra

3 Dermatologic imaging for immunosuppressed patients
Shenara Musthaq, Aditi Sahu, and Veronica Rotemberg

4 Skin cancer prevention: chemoprevention, and revision of immunosuppression
Tom Kovitwanichkanont and Alvin H. Chong

5 Topical and intralesional modalities for Actinic Keratoses and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in transplant recipients
Stacy McMurray, Lee Wheless, and Allison Hanlon

6 Advances in photodynamic therapy for the treatment of actinic keratoses and non-melanoma skin cancer in solid organ transplant recipients
Jonathan Alvarez, Michael T. Olson, and Nathalie C. Zeitouni

7 Pediatric transplant dermatology
Carrie C. Coughlin, James Lancaster, and Shivani Tripathi

8 Melanoma in solid organ transplant recipients
Alexandra Gosh, Mohammed Almashali, Susan Pei, and Gyorgy Paragh

9 Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in solid organ transplant recipients
Ali Rajabi-Estarabadi, Caiwei Zheng, Courtney J. Ensslin, and Ally-Khan Somani

10 Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in solid organ transplant recipients
Courtney J. Ensslin and Faramarz H. Samie

11 Merkel cell carcinoma in solid organ transplant recipients
Liang Ding, Nathalie C. Zeitouni, and Michael Bax

12 Rare skin cancers: Kaposi’s Sarcoma, Sebaceous Carcinoma, Atypical Fibroxanthoma, Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Kimberly L. Brady

13 Immunotherapy in organ transplant recipients
Maressa C. Criscito and John A. Carucci

14 Bacterial, fungal and viral skin infections in organ transplant recipients
Alexandra Geusau

15 Direct dermatologic side effects of immunosuppressive therapy in solid organ transplant recipients
Margaret Dowd, Nico Shary, Mike Wang, and †Oscar Colegio

16 Nail disease and nail surgery in solid organ transplant recipients
Aleksandar L. Krunic and Severin Laeuchli

17 How to build a transplant dermatology clinic
Amarachi Eseonu, Kristin Bibee, and Manisha Loss

Index

Nathalie C. Zeitouni MDCM, FRCPC works at Mohs and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Dermatology Specialists, Phoenix, AZ; and is a Professor of Dermatology, University of Arizona COM Phoenix; Adjunct Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Faramarz H. Samie, MD, PhD is J. Lowry Miller Associate Professor of Dermatology; Vice- Chair, Clinical Affairs, Director, Mohs Micrographic Surgery; Director, Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, New-York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA