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Dermatopathology
Pathology of the Skin: With Clinical Correlations, vols 1 & 2
edited by Phillip H. McKee, Eduardo Calonje, and Scott R. Granter, 3rd ed, includes two CD-ROMs, 1946 pp, with illus, $399, ISBN 0-3230-3672-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Mosby, 2005.
JAMA. 2005;294:3143.
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It is hard to describe Pathology of the Skin without being overly enthusiastic. I have to admit that the second edition was my favorite textbook. The recently published third edition is excellent.
The three editor-authors and eight contributors have worked for 5 years to expand and update the previous edition. Their hard work sets new high standards that will be hard to surpass.
The book is well-balanced and adheres to the principle that dermatology is visual. Knowing how difficult it is to find representative, corresponding clinical and microscopic images, it is particularly impressive that the two-volume set contains more than 5000 superb images of the dermatopathological entities and their clinical correlations. Moreover, the photographs are recent, and the images, therefore, of high quality.
The book is logically organized in sections based on pathomechanisms and clinical manifestations. The brief descriptions of differential diagnoses and diagnostic pitfalls are invaluable for clinicians. Tables . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Zoltan Trizna, MD, PhD, Reviewer
Austin, Tex
ztrizna@pol.net
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