Dermatology (Pocket Brain)

This publication is intended to be used as a guide by students in preparation for academic and clinical examinations, not as a treatment guide for the management of patients. It describes approach to Dermatologic Patient, Skin Histology and Physiology, Differential Diagnosis and treatments. Dermatological lesions may be the symptomatic result of a primary skin process or a manifestation of a systemic illness. The etiologies include infectious, hereditary, auto-immune, traumatic, neoplastic, allergic, toxic, vascular, endocrine, environmental, psychological, response to sun exposure, and many others. This guide has some useful descriptive terminology since Dermatologists have their own unique vocabulary to help differentiate one skin lesion form another. These terms are used to communicate size, shape, color, texture, discharge, surface characteristics, growth characteristics, geometric pattern formation, location related to skin layers or skin components, function of skin components, inflammatory response, response to diascopy, etc. It also has Appendices on: