TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 5. Structure of Skin Lesions and Fundamentals of Clinical Diagnosis A1 - Garg, Amit A1 - Levin, Nikki A. A1 - Bernhard, Jeffrey D. A2 - Goldsmith, Lowell A. A2 - Katz, Stephen I. A2 - Gilchrest, Barbara A. A2 - Paller, Amy S. A2 - Leffell, David J. A2 - Wolff, Klaus PY - 2012 T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e AB - |PrintSkin Lesions and Diagnosis at a GlanceA patient and thorough approach to the evaluation decreases the risk of making an incorrect diagnosis or overlooking another diagnosis.Knowledge and appropriate use of dermatological terminology are fundamental.Recognition of disease patterns requires repeated patient encounters.The history is indispensable in elucidating complex diagnoses.The entire mucocutaneous surface, as well as the hair and nails, should be examined whenever reasonable.Morphologic characteristics derived from cell type in skin must be carefully scrutinized.Diseases have characteristic morphology and distribution.Common pitfalls in dermatologic diagnosis exist and can be avoided. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56020804 ER -