Main 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.

Contents:

Pigmentary Skin DisordersEditor: Prasad Kumarasinghe

1. A Clinical Classification of Pigmentary Disorders Bernadette Ricciardo, Prasad Kumarasinghe
2. Dermatopathological Clues in Pigmentary DisordersRiti Bhatia, M. Ramam
3. Measurements of Skin Color Deepani Munidasa, Gerrit Schlippe, Sharnika Abeyakirthi
4. Dermoscopy of MelanomaBenjamin Carew, James Muir
5. Advances in Dermoscopy of Pigmented Lesions of SkinUday S. Khopkar, Ankit M. Bharti
6. Reflectance Confocal Micrsocopy and Pigmentary DisordersNesrine Brahimi, Pascale Guitera
7. Update on Albinism Masahiro Hayashi, Tamio Suzuki
8. Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis and the Medical Management of Vitiligo Muhammed Razmi, Davinder
9. Surgical Modalities in Management of VitiligoSanjeev V. Mulekar
10. Progressive Macular HypomelanosisGermaine Nathalie Relyveld
11. Guttate Leukoderma Nisansala Mahenthi Nagodavithana, Prasad Kumarasinghe
12. Current Views on MelasmaKyoung-Chan Park, Hee Young Kang
13. Macular Pigmentation of Uncertain Etiology Jahannes F. Dayrit, Prasad Kumarasinghe
14. Post-inflammatory HyperpigmentationMichelle Rodrigues, Ana Sofia Ayala-Cortes
15. Lasers in Pigmentary DisordersMelissa Levoska, Tasneem F. Mohammad, Iltefat Hamzavi 16. Phototherapy in Pigmentary Disorders Theng Thiam Seng Colin, Eugene Sern-Ting Tan
17. Chemical Peels in Pigmentary DisordersRashmi Sarkar, Chivani Bansal
18. Depigmenting AgentsPriyadarshani Galappatthy, Deepani Rathnayake