Main description:

Dermoscopy can be a useful tool to evaluate skin of color for general dermatologic diseases; however, it does require practitioners to be aware of many points of difference from patients with lighter phototypes. This highly illustrated text brings together the pioneering experience of international experts to document patients of phototypes IV to VI (from subcontinental Asian, North African, South American, to African skin).

Contents:

List of contributors. Introduction. INFLAMMATORY AND INFILTRATIVE DISEASES. Papulosquamous disorders. Other papulonodular disorders. Non-infectious granulomatous disorders and connective tissue diseases. Facial inflammatory dermatoses. Hyperpigmented dermatoses. Hypopigmented dermatoses. Primary cutaneous lymphomas. Miscellaneous. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Bacterial infections. Parasitoses. Mycoses. Viral infections. HAIR, NAIL AND MUCOSAL DISEASES. Hair disorders (Trichoscopy). Nail disorders (Onychoscopy). Mucosal disorders (Mucoscopy). Index.