Differential Diagnosis for the Dermatologist
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Differential Diagnosis for the
Dermatologist by Scott Jackson, Lee
T. Nesbitt Jr
This book
originated as a small reference
manual that I created to serve as an
educational supplement for the
dermatology residents at Louisiana
State University Health Sciences
Center. Deeming the compiled
information to be useful for all
dermatologists, I decided to expand
the text and publish it. Every major
category of the patient evaluation,
from the chief complaint to the
diagnosis, is addressed with regard
to the dermatological differential
diagnosis. The establishment of a
precise differential diagnosis for a
given cutaneous problem is the
fundamental challenge that the
dermatologist faces with every
patient. This unique exercise is
very intellectual; in a short period
of time the clinician must select
from a list of perhaps several
hundred diseases a few possibilities
that match the clinical
presentation. This is performed
while also negotiating the patient
interaction, examining the patient,
and beginning to formulate a plan of
action. Proficiency in the
formulation of a differential
diagnosis that is brief and
simultaneously thorough allows for
consideration of all possibilities,
proper evaluation, and, hopefully,
rapid diagnosis. We hope to provide
the target readers (dermatologists
and dermatologists-in-training) with
some assistance in carrying out this
frequently complicated task. For the
confrontation with an atypical
presentation of a common disease or
the classic presentation of an
uncommon disease, the reader will
hopefully find this book very
useful.
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