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Deadly Dermatologic Diseases: Clinicopathologic Atlas and Text
By M. Morgan, B. Stoller, S. Somach, and M. Everett, 188 pp, $125.
New York, NY, Springer Science, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-0-3872-5442-5.
JAMA. 2007;298:1223-1224.
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Doctors: When you begin practice, I would advise that you specialize in dermatology, because nobody ever dies of a skin disease, and nobody ever gets well, so that you will always have a practice.1
While this adage, pronounced by Louis A. Duhring, MD, first professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania (1875-1910), seems hackneyed today, many patients, let alone professionals, still consider cutaneous maladies as being insignificant or diseases to be ignored. Not so, as the reader of this illustrated textbook will readily learn!
Three dermatopathologists have gathered available information on skin diseases that could have fatal outcomes. They have selected 37-plus dermatologic entities that can place a patient's life in jeopardy. These diseases are classified into malignant cutaneous neoplasms, hereditary cancer-predisposition syndromes and paraneoplastic disorders, infectious diseases, inborn errors of metabolism and autoimmune diseases, and vascular diseases. Each chapter begins with a box highlighting key information. This . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Lawrence Charles Parish, MD, Reviewer
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
larryderm@yahoo.com
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