Main description:

Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin offers clinicians a wide range of challenging cases that are certain to provide hours of thoughtful and instructive review. Using a case study format and including excellent quality color images, Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin consists of five parts and 20 chapters. The chapters cover such areas as allergic rhinitis, allergic diseases of the eye, drug-induced urticaria, cosmetic allergy, drug allergy, latex allergy, atopic dermatitis, vasculitis, and a range of other commonly seen disorders of the skin. Each chapter comprises at least two cases that are followed by a differential diagnosis, discussion, and five multiple choice questions for thoughtful stimulation and excellent value as a teaching tool. Comprehensive, concise, and well-designed in presentation, Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin is a one-of-a-kind resource that will become a standard resource for all clinicians who care for patients with allergic and immunologic diseases of the skin.

Contents:

Part I. Urticaria and Angioedema

Chapter 1. Urticaria

Lloyd J. Cleaver, Jonathan Cleaver, Lloyd Cleaver

Chapter 2. Cold-Induced urticaria

Grace Peace Yu, Alan A. Wanderer, and Massoud Mahmoudi

Chapter 3. Contact urticaria syndrome

Zack Thompson, Howard Maibach

Chapter 4. Idiopathic angioedema

Cristina J. Ramos-Romey, Timothy Craig

Chapter 5. Hereditary angioedema

Michael J. Prematta, Timothy Craig

Part II. Skin manifestation of drug allergy

Chapter 6. Steven Johnson Syndrome/ Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Satoshi Yoshida

Chapter 7. Serum sickness and Serum Sickness like reactions

Neha Reshamwala, Massoud Mahmoudi

Part III Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Chapter 8. Preservative

Sara Flores. Howard Maibach

Chapter 9. Rubber allergies

Peter Burke, Howard Maibach

Chapter 10. Jewlery: Nickel and metal based allergic contact dermatitis

Peter Burke, Howard Maibach

Chapter 11. Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD) to Fragrances

Sarah J. Gilpin, Howard I Maibach

Part IV. Other allergies affecting skin and mucous membranes

Chapter 12- Atopic Dermatitis

Albert E. Rivera, Lloyd J. Cleaver

Chapter 13. Allergic reactions affecting mucosal surfaces

J. Wesley Sublett, Jonathan A. Bernstein

Part V. Immunologic diseases of the skin

Chapter 14. Vasculitis

Satosh Yoshida

Chapter 15. Cutaneous mastocytosis

Jason R. Catanzaro, Haig Tcheurekdjian
Chapter 16. Cutaneous lupus

Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber

Chapter 17. Psoriasis

Lloyd Cleaver, Nathan Cleaver and Katherine Johnson

Chapter 18. Scleroderma

James R. Seibold, Elena Schiopu

Chapter 19. Autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin and mucous membranes

Timothy Patton, Neil Korman

Chapter 20. Alopecia areata

Mary Gail Mercurio, Luciano J Iorizzo III