Skin Signs of Systemic Disease

By Irvin M. Braverman and Irwin M. Braverman MD

Here's the fully revised and updated New Edition of a classic This comprehensive, clinical text/reference covers the skin manifestations of the full range of systemic diseases. It equips readers with a tool for evaluating patients for the presence of underlying disorders. A user-friendly, new organization leads the reader from the gross appearance of a lesion to the general category of possible underlying illness, to the specific diagnosis. Plus, it provides a pathophysiologic overview of these disorders as well as the criteria for distinguishing lesions with similar appearances.Includes coverage of new topics--AIDS, sarcoidosis, polyposis syndromes, new presentations of lupus erythematosus, Lyme disease and Epstein-Barr virus infectionsCoverage of each disorder allows the reader to review skin signs, make a differential diagnosis, review relevant literature and determine the relevant pathophysiology
Actual clinical photographs help readers to recognise xanthomas, telangiectases and more

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721637450
• ISBN13: 9780721637457
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 682 Pages
• Weight: 5.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 1.3" x 9.0"