Dermatitis

Cutaneous inflammatory diseases are an ever-increasing and confusing field of clinical dermatology. In "Dermatitis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options" topics include: the value of skin biopsies in the diagnosis of inflammatory skin diseases in children, dermatitis in childhood, conceptual thoughts on elastophagocytosis as a defining criterion of distinct dermatoses, mosaicism in clinical dermatology, borreliosis (Lyme disease), allergic contact dermatitis associated with the use of orthodontic appliances, T-lymphocyte clonality in inflammatory skin diseases, calcium signalling in inflammatory skin disease, treatment of chronic hand eczema using orally administered alitretinoin, management of dermatitis in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck receiving cetuximab and radiotherapy, topical anti-inflammatory treatment and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and analogues in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin conditions. Special emphasis is given to the histopathological aspects of inflammatory diseases of the skin and the value of clinicopathological correlation as well as wide-ranging reviews on innovative aspects of different kinds of skin diseases. Excellent and comprehensive information on infectious diseases, such as Lyme disease highlighting new methods of visualisation of infectious agents are presented. This book provides clinical dermatologists rapid information to problematic, innovative and important areas in the astonishing field of inflammatory skin diseases.