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First Edition: 2017

The textbook Dermoscopy in Darker Skin by Dr Manas Chatterjee, Dr Shekhar Neema and Dr Subrata Malakar is an illustrated guide to the practical use of this diagnostic tool in the types of skin prevalent predominantly in the Indian subcontinent. Its utility lies in its simplicity of format in which chapters are structured based on the images of the various conditions and their descriptions rather than text, to make this book a handy tool in the clinic of the busy dermatologists, in this part of the world where the large number of patients makes it impossible for a detailed reading during clinic/hospital hours.

This text on dermoscopy is an attempt to address those conditions in the type of skin found in the Indian subcontinent as well as in several other parts of the world, rather than in disorders which are not of day-to-day relevance in the types of patients we deal with. To this extent, we have attempted to illustrate those conditions that the reader who deals with patients of similar nature would have to assess and take a decision on diagnosis and therapy in his outpatient department/clinic every day. The format of the book has been kept as practical and user-friendly as possible with maximum emphasis on annotated images which would help the reader identify the specific diagnostic points in the dermoscopic images, which are from the personal collections of the editors and authors. Text has been kept to the barest minimum and only that which is relevant to the description of the dermoscopy images so that the book is kept of appropriate size and volume of material filtered to that which can be read even as the dermatologist is examining the patient so that the correct diagnosis and treatment can be administered in the same sitting as reviewing the contents of this treatise. The chapters also have been designed such that those of immediate relevance have been preferred to the esoteric for our routine clinical practice.