TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Color as a Diagnostic Determinant
A1  - Burgin, Susan
PY  - 2021
T2  - Guidebook to Dermatologic Diagnosis
AB  - As  we  have  seen,  the  characteristics  of  primary  lesions,  and  sometimes,  secondary  lesions  as  well,  can  be  used  to  create,  or  narrow,  differential  diagnoses.  This  chapter  focuses  on  color  as  a  diagnostic  determinant.  Color  is  a  powerful  tool  that  can  be  harnessed  to  create  differential  diagnoses.  Pink,  red,  brown,  and  white  are  the  most  common  colors  of  primary  and  secondary  lesions  that  are  manifest  in  the  skin.  But  the  skin  may  house  other  colors  as  well,  including  yellow,  orange,  purple,  maroon,  gray,  blue,  green,  and  black.  In  this  chapter,  comprehensive  differential  diagnoses  will  be  discussed  for  each  color  using  the  wheel  of  diagnosis.  Additionally,  the  causes  of  generalized  color  changes  will  be  outlined.  While  tattoo  artists  may  introduce  any  of  these  colors  into  the  skin,  this  chapter  will  focus  only  on  those  color  changes  that  are  endogenously  produced  or  acquired  through  disease  states.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175057973
ER  -