Darkening patches on the skin can result in great distress for the patient. However, definitive diagnosis between the many possible causes and effective treatment can be very hard for the medical practitioner to achieve. This is the first major professional reference with systematic coverage of diagnosis and the various treatment options, and it will be an indispensable clinical reference.
Features
covers differential diagnosis between different types of hyperpigmentation
includes material on age spots (solar lentigines)
covers all treatment options, both medical and surgical
colour illustration throughout
CONTENTS
I Histology, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Skin Pigmentation
1 The color of the skin
Rashmi Sarkar
2 The melanocyte and melanogenesis
Dimitrios Xekardakis, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and Konstantinos Krasagakis
3 Melanin
M. Badawy Abdel-Naser, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and
Konstantinos Krasagakis
4 Pathophysiology of hyperpigmentation
Shalini B. Reddy and Neelam Vashi
II Disorders of Hyperpigmentation
5 Melasma
Clio Dessinioti and Andreas Katsambas
6 Erythema dyschromicum perstans
Vassiliki Tzanetakou and Electra Nicolaidou
7 Lichen planus pigmentosus
Ffstratios Vakirlis and Dimitrios Ioannides
8 Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis
Elena Sotiriou
9 Mastocytosis
Michael P Makris
10 Pityriasis versicolor
Rashmi Sarkar and Vanya Narayan
11 Atrophoderma of Pasini-Pierini
Elizabeth Lazaridou
12 Poikilderma of Civette
Alexander C Katoulis and Nikolaos G. Stavrianeas
13 Pigmented non melanocytic skin lesions
Elvira Moscarella, Simonetta Piana, Caterina Longo, and Giuseppe Argenziano
14 Drug-induced hyperpigmentation
Raimonds Karls
15 Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
Torello Lotti, Tommaso Tanini, Maja Kovacevic, and Serena Gianfaldoni
16 Linear hyperpigmentation
Chee Leok Goh
17 Flagellate hyperpigmentation
Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari
18 Reticular hyperpigmentation
Alexander C Katsoulis and Efthymia Sourra
19 Genodermatoses
Aikaterini Patsatsi
III Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
20 Clinical examination
Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari
21 Wood's Lamp
Juliano Peruzzo, Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, and Tania Cestari
22 Dermoscopy
Teresa Deinlein and Iris Zalaudek
23 Histopathology
Almut Böer-Auer
24 Reflectance confocal microscopy
Caterina Longo, Maurizio Greco, Silvana Ciardo, and Giovanni Pellacani
25 Spectrophotometry
Riccardo Pampena
26 Diagnostic algorithms
Stamatis Gregoriou
27 Differential diagnosis of circumscribed and diffuse hyperpigmentation
Maria Kyriazopoulou and Efstathios Rallis
IV Treatment
28 Cosmetic camouflage for pigmentation issues
Zoe Diana Draelos
29 Sunscreens
Pauline Lecerf
30 Medical therapy
Dimitrios Rigopoulos, Alexander C Katoulis, Efthymia Sourra, and Antigone Alevizou
31 Chemical peels
Myrto Trakatelli
32 Cryotherapy
Paola Pasquali and Myrto Trakatelli
33 Electrosurgery
Maria Tsoukas and Jeremiah Au
34 Lasers
Maria Tsoukas, Monica Boen, Caroline Doo, and Benjamin C Garden
35 Intense Pulsed Light
Owen Kramer, Benjamin C Garden, and Maria Tsoukas
Index
