Pigmentary Skin Disorders

Description

Diagnosis and management of pigmentary skin disorders has become an important area in dermatology as the demand for treatment of these conditions has increased exponentially, particularly with skin of color. However, coverage in standard texts regarding various pigmentary disorders is insufficient and the need for focused attention on new developments and latest research findings is growing. Pigmentary Skin Disorders is written and edited by international leaders in the field and chapters include a clinician’s approach to categorizing pigmentary disorders, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, lasers in pigmentary disorders, and drug-induced pigmentation. This volume is part of Springer's Updates in Clinical Dermatology series which aims to promote the rapid and efficient transfer of medical research into clinical practice. Covering new developments and innovations in all fields of clinical dermatology, it provides the clinician with a review and summary of recent research and its implications for clinical practice. Each volume is focused on a clinically relevant topic and explains how research results impact diagnostics, treatment options and procedures, as well as patient management. The reader-friendly volumes are highly structured with core messages, summaries, tables, diagrams and illustrations and are written by internationally well-known experts in the field. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii A Clinical Classification of Pigmentary Disorders (Bernadette Ricciardo, Prasad Kumarasinghe)....Pages 1-26 Dermatopathology Clues in Pigmentary Disorders (Riti Bhatia, M. Ramam)....Pages 27-53 Measurements of Skin Colour (Deepani Munidasa, Gerrit Schlippe, Sharnika Abeyakirthi)....Pages 55-61 Dermoscopy of Melanoma (Benjamin Carew, James Muir)....Pages 63-78 Advances in Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions (Uday S. Khopkar, Ankit M. Bharti)....Pages 79-92 Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Pigmentary Disorders (Nesrine Brahimi, Pascale Guitera)....Pages 93-106 Update on Albinism (Masahiro Hayashi, Tamio Suzuki)....Pages 107-121 Recent Advances in Pathogenesis and Medical Management of Vitiligo (Muhammed Razmi T, Davinder Parsad)....Pages 123-138 Surgical Modalities in Management of Vitiligo (Sanjeev V. Mulekar)....Pages 139-145 Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis (Germaine Nathalie Relyveld)....Pages 147-152 Guttate Leukoderma (Nisansala Mahenthi Nagodavithana, Prasad Kumarasinghe)....Pages 153-166 Current Views on Melasma (Kyoung-Chan Park, Hee Young Kang)....Pages 167-181 Macular Pigmentation of Uncertain Etiology (Johannes F. Dayrit, Prasad Kumarasinghe)....Pages 183-196 Post-inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (Michelle Rodrigues, Ana Sofia Ayala-Cortés)....Pages 197-208 Lasers in Pigmentary Skin Disorders (Melissa A. Levoska, Tasneem F. Mohammad, Iltefat H. Hamzavi)....Pages 209-233 Phototherapy in Pigmentary Disorders (Thiam Seng Colin Theng, Eugene Sern-Ting Tan)....Pages 235-252 Chemical Peels in Pigmentary Disorders (Rashmi Sarkar, Shivani Bansal)....Pages 253-259 Depigmenting Agents (Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Deepani Rathnayake)....Pages 261-280 Back Matter ....Pages 281-297