RT Book, Section
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
SR Print(0)
ID 56020804
T1 Chapter 5. Structure of Skin Lesions and Fundamentals of Clinical Diagnosis
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56020804
RD 2024/04/24
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.