Editors Ranjan C Raval MD DVD
Professor Department of Dermatology CU Shah Medical College
Surendranagar, Gujarat, India
Krina B Patel MD DVD
Professor and Head Department of Dermatology GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Sola
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Co-editor Neetisha Agarwal MBBS DNB (Skin)
Consultant Dermatologist and Cosmetologist Novum Cutis Clinic
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Ex-Senior Resident Department of Dermatology Smt NHL Municipal Medical College
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Foreword PB Haribhakti
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Tips and Tricks in Dermatologic Practice
First Edition: 2017
9789385891601
fm5Dedicated to
All our patients who gave us opportunity to learn and made us wiser.
fm7Contributors
- Aarti Shah MD DV&D
- Consultant Dermatocosmetolgist and Assistant Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- NHL Municipal Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Ashish Jagati MD
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- BJ Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Asok Gangopadhyay MD DVD FRCP
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- RKM Seva Pratishthan
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- BC Kamdar DV& D
- Honorary Dermatologist with Wockhardt Hospital
- Rajkot, Gujarat, India
- Managing Trustee
- RB Kothari Polydiagnostic Centre and Hospital
- Founder Chief Editor
- “Quarterderm”.
- Past President
- IADVL, GSB 1987
- Bela Shah MD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- BJ Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Bharat Shah MD
- Senior Consultant Dermatologist
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Ex-Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- BJ Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Bharati K Patel
- Professor
- PDU Medical College
- Rajkot, Gujarat, India
- Deep Joshipura MBBS MD
- Clinical Research Fellow
- Department of Dermatology
- Tufts Medical Center
- Boston, USA
- Ex-Assistant Professor Dermatology
- Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuj, Gujarat, India
- FE Billimoria MD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- SBKS Medical Institute and Research Center
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Hasmukh J Shroff MD
- Senior Consultant Dermatologist
- Saifee Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Ex-Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology & STD
- GMC & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Hemangi R Jerajani MD DVD FIAD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- Venereology and Leprosy
- MGM Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai
- Maharashtra, India
- JN Dave MD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- CU Shah Medical College
- Keyur Shah DDV
- HIV Consultant
- Practicing Dermatologist
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Kiran Godse MD FRCP
- Professor
- DY Patil School of Medicine
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Kirti S Parmar MD
- Associate Professor
- BJ Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Krina B Patel DV&D MD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- GMERS Medical College
- Sola
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Monal Shah MD DVD
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Haribhakti Skin Clinic
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Neela Patel DV&D MD
- Professor and Head
- AMC MET Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Neela V Bhuptani MD
- Professor and Head
- PDU Medical College
- Rajkot, Gujarat, India
- Neetisha Agarwal DNB (Skin)
- Consultant Dermatologist and Cosmetologist
- Novum Cutis Clinic
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Nina Madnani MD DVD FISSVD
- Consultant
- PD Hinduja Hospital and Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- PB Haribhakti MD MRCPE (Dermatology) FRCPE FAAD (USA) FIAMS
- Senior Consultant Specialist in Skin, Hair Disorders, Leprosy and STD
- Haribhakti Skin Clinic
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Palak Gandhi MD Dermatology
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Haribhakti Skin Clinic
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Ranjan C Raval MD DVD
- Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- CU Shah Medical College
- Surendranagar, Gujarat, India
- Rekha B Solanki MD
- Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- Smt NHL Municipal Medical College
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Rita Vora MD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- Pramukhswami Medical College
- Karamsad, Gujarat, India
- Saurabh Jindal MD DNB
- Associate Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- Venereology and Leprosy
- MGM Medical College and Hospital
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Sejal Thakkar MD DVD DCAH
- Associate Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- GMERS Medical College
- Gotri, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Sharmila Patil MD
- Professor and Head
- DY Patil Medical College
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Shaurya Rohatgi MD
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- MGM Medical College and Hospital
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Shylaja Someshwar DVD DNB
- Associate Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- Venereology and Leprosy
- MGM Medical College and Hospital
- Som J Lakhani MD
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Sudhir Pujara MD DVD DDV
- Senior Consultant Dermatologist
- Former Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- Smt NHL Municipal Medical College, and
- Smt Shardaben Municipal Hospital
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Sujata Sengupta MD DCH
- Associate Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- KPC Medical College
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Suresh Joshipura MD FRCP (Lond) PhD FAAD DVD
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Rajkot, Gujarat, India
- Former Director of Research
- HJ Doshi Medical Research Foundation
- Rajkot, Gujarat, India
- YS Marfatia MD
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- Baroda Medical College
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Contributor Resident doctors
- Abhishek Pilani
- Ipsa Pandya
- Karam Vir Singh
- Maitrey J Patel
- Nidhi Livani
- Nilofar Diwan
Science and in particular medical science is an ever expanding field with lots of research going on continuously. Research not only in laboratory but also in clinical settings in terms of day-to-day patient care enriches us in terms of experience we gain.
This innovative book is an endeavor to present the practical experiences of leading dermatology practitioners from India in the field of individual patient care. All the chapters from contributing authors are from their personal experiences in diagnosing and treating difficult patient or their own innovations in treating various skin conditions out of their own experience. You will find lots of tips from senior dermatologists to help you in day-to-day practice.
The book is a collection of some rare to difficult to treat cases as well as treatment options which may be beyond standard textbooks. This book is an attempt to make PG students and practitioners understand importance of even anecdotal cases and innovative treatment modalities. The book is in no particular order and one can read any chapter in random fashion as per their interest in subject.
We hope that you all will love to read this book and everyone will gain something out of it.
Ranjan C Raval
Krina B Patel
fm13Foreword
I have the good fortune to write a foreword for the book on Tips and Tricks in Dermatologic Practice.
It is always said that common things are very common but that does not imply that rare diseases can be forgotten. A good clinician is the one who is constantly reminded of something unusual in a case which he examines. The diagnosis of rare and uncommon conditions has a lot of implications in their management. The book gives insight into rare and unusual cases written by senior and experienced dermatologists. Editorial Comments at the end of every case is worth remembering.
The authors have done an uphill task of coordinating the clinical material available to them and putting them in a readable manner. I give my compliments to the authors and hope they continue to serve the Dermatology fraternity.
PB Haribhakti
MD MRCPE (Dermatology) FRCPE FAAD (USA) FIAMS
Senior Consultant Specialist in Skin, Hair Disorders, Leprosy & STD
Haribhakti Skin Clinic
Narayan Chambers, Nehrubridge Corner
fm15Preface
As all of us know that clinical dermatology is a vast field which includes common as well as rare diseases or common disease with rare presentation. Sometimes the diseases are recalcitrant to the evidence base guidelines or standard therapy so at this place experience comes into count.
In the world of clinical dermatology many diseases are there which can be diagnosed and managed by the experienced dermatologists by their knowledge and expertise which may not be according to the guidelines but the results are miraculous.
This book is an opportunity for all of us to gain from senior dermatologists who have not published their different but unique experiences which they are sharing with us. This may change our view to look at the disease in a different and exclusive way and also it will be of great help and guidance to the new budding dermatologists who may use these experiences as evidence in their future practice.
This book will share the experience and art of management of our senior and eminent dermatologists. This book will also include general tips and tricks in day-to-day clinical practice.
After all experience is the most valuable thing we can share with each other!
Ranjan C Raval
Krina B Patel
Neetisha Agarwal