Snapshots in Dermatology

Snapshots in Dermatology is a comprehensive guide to common skin conditions for trainees.

The book is a combination of text and atlas with nearly 1000 pages presenting photographs and descriptions of numerous skin diseases and systemic diseases with skin manifestations in a single reference.

Each section follows a step by step format, discussing history, etiology, epidemiology, clinical features, associated syndromes, differential diagnosis and treatment.

More than 285 colour photographs, illustrations and tables enhance learning.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to common skin conditions for trainees
• Text and photographs present numerous skin diseases and systemic diseases with skin manifestations
• Easy to read, step by step format
• Includes more than 285 full colour photographs, illustrations and tables

• Acanthosis nigricans
• Acne keloidalis nuchae
• Acne vulgaris
• Acrochordon
• Acrodermatitis enteropathica
• Actinic cheilitis
• Actinic keratosis
• Alopecia areata
• Amyloidosis
• Anagen effluvium
• Androgenetic alopecia
• Angioedema 
• Angiokeratoma
• Cherry angioma
• Angular cheilitis
• Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Aphthous stomatitis
• Ashy dermatoses
• Atopic dermatitis
• Bacillary angiomatosis
• Balanitis xerotica obliterans
• Balanoposthitis
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Becker’s nevus
• Behçet’s disease
• Blastomycosis
• Bowen’s disease
• Bowenoid papulosis
• Bullous pemphigoid
• Cafe au lait macule
• Calcinosis cutis
• Corns and calluses
• Candidiasis
• Canities
• Carbuncle
• Cellulitis
• Chancroid
• Chromoblastomycosis
• Cicatricial pemphigoid
• Condyloma acuminatum
• Confluent and reticulated papilloma tosis
• Congenital syphilis
• Allergic contact dermatitis
• Cryoglobulinemia
• Cryptococcosis
• Cutis laxa
• Cylindroma 
• Darier’s disease
• Demodicidosis
• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Dermatomyositis
• Dermatosis papulosa nigra
• Dermoid cyst
• Diabetic dermopathy
• Diaper dermatitis
• Discoid lupus erythematosus
• Ecthyma
• Ectodermal dysplasia
• Eczema herpeticum
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Epidermolysis bullosa
• Erysipelas
• Erythema ab igne
• Erythema elevatum diutinum
• Erythema infectiosum
• Erythema multiforme
• Erythema nodosum
• Erythrasma
• Erythroderma
• Figurate erythemas
• Fixed drug eruption
• Folliculitis
• Fordyce disease
• Freckles
• Furuncles
• Gianotti crosti syndrome
• Glomus tumor
• Gonorrhea
• Gottron’s syndrome
• Graft versus host disease
• Gram-negative folliculitis
• Granuloma annulare
• Donovanosis
• Granulomatous cheilitis
• Grover disease
• Hairy tongue
• Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
• Hemangiomas
• Henoch Schonlein purpura
• Herpes simplex
• Herpes zoster
• Hidradenitis suppurativa
• Histoplasmosis
• Hyperhidrosis
• Hypertrichosis
• Ichthyosis
• Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
• Impetigo
• Incontinentia pigmenti
• Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Kawasaki disease
• Keloid
• Keratoacanthoma
• Keratosis pilaris
• Koilonychia
• Leishmaniasis
• Lentigo
• Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
• Leukonychia
• Leukoplakia
• Lichen nitidus
• Lichen planus
• Lichen sclerosus
• Lichen simplex chronicus
• Lichen spinulosus
• Lichen striatus 
• Linear IgA disease
• Lipodystrophy
• Lipoma
• Lupus vulgaris
• Lyme disease
• Lymphangioma circumsciptum
• Lymphogranuloma venereum
• Lymphocytoma cutis
• Melanoma
• Melasma
• Melanocytic nevi
• Milia
• Miliaria
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Mongolian spot
• Morphea
• Mucormycosis
• Mycetoma
• Mycosis fungoides
• Necrobiosis lipoidica
• Netherton syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis
• Nevus anemicus 
• Nevus comedonicus
• Nevus depigmentosus
• Nevus flammeus
• Nevus of ota and ito
• Nevus sebaceous
• Nocardiosis
• Nummular dermatitis
• Onychomycosis
• Oral hairy leukoplakia
• Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
• Pachydermoperiostosis
• Paget’s disease of breast
• Palmoplantar keratodermas
• Papular urticaria
• Parapsoriasis
• Paronychia
• Pediculosis
• Piebaldism
• Pellagra 
• Pemphigus
• Perforating disorders 
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• Phrynoderma
• Piedra
• Pilar cyst
• Pilomatricoma
• Pitted keratolysis
• Pityriasis alba
• Pityriasis lichenoides chronica
• Pityriasis rosea
• Pityriasis rubra pilaris
• Pityriasis versicolor
• Pityrosporum folliculitis
• Poikiloderma
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Polymorphic light eruption
• Pompholyx
• Porokeratosis
• Porphyrias
• Progeria
• Prurigo
• Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
• Pseudofolliculitis barbae
• Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
• Psoriasis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Pterygium
• Purpura fulminans
• Pustular psoriasis
• Pyoderma faciale
• Pyoderma gangrenosum
• Pyogenic granuloma 
• Raynaud’s phenomenon
• Reactive arthritis
• Rosacea
• Roseola infantum
• Rubella
• Rubeola
• Sarcoidosis
• Scabies
• Scarlet fever
• Schamberg disease
• Scleredema
• Sclerema neonatorum
• Scleroderma
• Scrofuloderma
• Sebacous cyst
• Seborrheic keratosis
• Seborrheic melanosis
• Seborrheic dermatitis
• Sjogren’s syndrome
• Solar elastosis
• Spider angioma
• Sporotrichosis
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
• Stasis dermatitis
• Steatocystoma multiplex
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Stiff skin syndrome
• Striae
• Subcorneal pustular dermatosis
• Subcutaneous zygomycosis
• Sweet’s syndrome
• Syphilis
• Syringoma
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Telogen effluvium
• Tinea
• Tinea capitis
• Toxic epidermal necrolysis
• Trichoepithelioma
• Trichomycosis axillaris
• Trichorrhexis nodosa
• Trichotillomania
• Tropical acne
• Tuberculides
• Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
• Tuberous sclerosis complex
• Twenty nail dystrophy
• Uncombable hair syndrome
• Urticaria
• Urticaria pigmentosa
• Varicella
• Venous leg ulcer
• Verrucous hemangioma
• Vitiligo
• Wart
• Woolly hair
• Wrinkles (Rhytides)
• Juvenile xanthogranuloma
• Xanthoma
• Xeroderma pigmentosa
• Zoon’s balanitis

S Sacchidanand MD
Professor and Head

Savitha AS MD
Senior Resident

Shilpa K MD
Assistant Professor

All at Department of Dermatology, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India