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Chapter-26 Skin

BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Pathology for Allied Health Sciences

Author
1. Nayak Ramadas
ISBN
9789352701070
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14184_27
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2017
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, Karnataka, India, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India, Yenepoya Medical College, Constituent of Yenepoya University (Accredited by NAAC with "A" grade), Mangaluru, Karnataka, India, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University (Accredited by NAAC with “A” grade), Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
Skin, acute eczematous dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, primary irritant dermatitis, psoriasis, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, melanoma

Abstract

This chapter mainly focuses on the acute eczematous dermatitis, psoriasis, and malignant tumors of skin. The word eczema is derived from Greek, meaning “to boil over” which describes its gross appearance. Acute eczematous dermatitis is one of the most common skin disorders. Allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, drug-related eczematous dermatitis, photoeczematous dermatitis, and primary irritant dermatitis are five types of acute eczematous dermatitis. Psoriasis is a chronic, frequently familial inflammatory dermatosis that appears to have an autoimmune basis. Psoriasis most commonly involves the skin of the elbows, knees, scalp, lumbosacral areas, intergluteal cleft, and glans penis. The typical lesion consists of a well-demarcated, pink to salmon-colored plaque covered by loosely adherent silver-white scale. Squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma are various types of malignant tumors of skin, which are also provided in this chapter.

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