Topics in Dermatology version 3

Skin biopsies and other diagnostic tests
Getting to know your drugs
Acne
Benign skin tumours and cysts
Blistering disorders
Connective tissue disorders
Contact dermatitis
Cosmetic dermatology
Cutaneous drug reactions
Cutaneous vasculitis
Dermatitis
Dermatological emergencies
Genital skin diseases
Hair disorders
Infectious skin diseases
Infestations and bites
Itch without rash
Nail disorders
Paediatric dermatology
Pigmentary disorders
Pregnancy rashes
Psoriasis
Rosacea, flushing and perioral dermatitis
Skin manifestations of internal disease
Solar damage and skin cancer
Sweating disorders
Urticaria and angioedema
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Sources of information
Glossary

Skin biopsies and other diagnostic tests

• Skin biopsies
• Allergy testing
• Skin scrapings

Getting to know your drugs

• Dermatological vehicles
• Moisturisers
• Antiandrogens
• Antibacterials
• Antifungals
• Antiparasitic drugs
• Antiseptics
• Antiviral drugs
• Antipruritics
• Azelaic acid
• Biological antipsoriatic drugs
• Botulinum toxin type A
• Corticosteroids
• Cytotoxics and immunosuppressants
• Dapsone
• Dithranol
• Eflornithine
• Hydroquinone
• Keratolytics
• Minoxidil
• Psoralens
• Retinoids
• Tars
• Vitamin D analogues
  • Calcipotriol
• Zinc oxide
• Complementary medicines
  • Aloe vera
  • Manuka honey
  • Pawpaw
  • Tea tree oil

Acne

• Pathogenesis
• Specific considerations
• General advice for patients
• Treatment

Benign skin tumours and cysts

• Angiofibroma (fibrous papule of the face)
• Corns and callosities
• Epidermoid and pilar cysts
• Intradermal naevi
• Lipoma
• Milia
• Pyogenic granuloma
• Syringoma
• Xanthelasma

Blistering disorders

• Bullous pemphigoid
• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Pemphigus
• Porphyria cutanea tarda

Connective tissue disorders

• Lupus erythematosus
• Scleroderma
• Dermatomyositis
• Polymorphic light eruption

Contact dermatitis

• Management issues
• Regional management

Cosmetic dermatology

• Aged and photoaged skin

• Scarring

• Tattoo removal
• Adipose tissue

Cutaneous drug reactions

• Time between drug exposure and eruption
• Morphology
• Sentinel signs of serious drug eruptions
• Assessment and laboratory investigation
• Common types of eruptions
• Bullous (blistering) drug eruptions
• Pustular drug reactions
• Other cutaneous drug reactions
• Drugs frequently implicated in causing skin reactions
• Exacerbation of skin disorders by drugs
• Patient counselling and implications for family members

Cutaneous vasculitis

• Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis
• Cutaneous manifestations of systemic vasculitis
• Acute meningococcaemia
• Perniosis (chilblains)

Dermatitis

• General treatment of dermatitis
• Specific types of dermatitis
• Modified dressings for inflammatory dermatoses

Dermatological emergencies

• Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis
• Generalised pustular psoriasis
• Eczema herpeticum
• Erythroderma
• Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Genital skin diseases

• Balanitis
• Bowen’s disease of the penis
• Genital dermatitis
• Genital psoriasis
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
• Herpes simplex virus infection
• Lichen sclerosus
• Pearly penile papules
• Pruritus ani
• Vulvovaginal candidiasis
• Streptococcal vulvovaginitis

Hair disorders

• Alopecia areata, totalis and universalis
• Telogen effluvium
• Anagen effluvium
• Androgenetic alopecia
• Hirsutism

Infectious skin diseases

• Bacterial infections
  • Boils and carbuncles (acute furunculosis)
  • Recurrent staphylococcal skin infection
  • Folliculitis
  • Pseudofolliculitis
  • Impetigo
  • Pitted keratolysis
  • Erythrasma
• Fungal infections
  • Tinea
  • Cutaneous and mucosal candidiasis
  • Pityriasis versicolor
• Viral infections
  • Herpes simplex infections
  • Human papillomavirus (warts)
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Herpes zoster (shingles)
  • Varicella (chicken pox)

Infestations and bites

• Insect and mite bites
• Parasitic infections
  • Cutaneous larva migrans
  • Head lice
  • Pubic lice
  • Body lice
  • Scabies
• Reactions to bites from animal or bird mites
• Cercarial dermatitis (swimmers’ itch)

Itch without rash

• Localised itching
• Generalised itching

Nail disorders

• Diagnosis of nail disorders
• Tinea of the nails (onychomycosis, tinea unguium)
• Paronychia
• Psoriasis of the nails
• Twenty nail dystrophy
• Onycholysis
• Lichen planus of the nail
• Trauma to the nails
• Ingrown toenails
• Dermatitis of the nails
• Nail changes associated with alopecia areata
• Koilonychia
• Half-and-half nails
• Myxoid pseudocyst
• Nail apparatus melanoma
• Brittle nails

Paediatric dermatology

• Atopic dermatitis
• Genital dermatitis
• Birthmarks
• Genital lichen sclerosus
• Genital warts and genital herpes
• Ichthyosis
• Infantile acne
• Infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis
• Juvenile forefoot dermatitis
• Nappy rash
• Neonatal cephalic pustulosis
• Paediatric urticaria
• Papular urticaria
• Pityriasis alba
• Psoriasis
• Streptococcal perianal dermatitis, vulvovaginitis and balanitis
• Tinea

Pigmentary disorders

• Vitiligo
• Localised hypomelanosis
  • Postinflammatory hypopigmentation
  • Post-traumatic hypopigmentation
  • Pityriasis alba
  • Pityriasis versicolor
  • Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
• Localised hypermelanosis
  • Melasma (chloasma)
  • Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
  • Poikiloderma of Civatte

Pregnancy rashes

• Atopic eruption of pregnancy
• Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy
• Pemphigoid gestationis
• Generalised pustular psoriasis of pregnancy
• Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Psoriasis

• Types of psoriasis
• Management
  • General considerations
  • Topical therapy
  • Systemic therapy
  • Phototherapy
• Pityriasis rubra pilaris

Rosacea, flushing and perioral dermatitis

• Rosacea
• Flushing
• Perioral (periorificial) dermatitis

Skin manifestations of internal disease

• Acanthosis nigricans
• Erythema multiforme
• Erythema nodosum
• Granuloma annulare
• Lichen planus
• Necrobiosis lipoidica
• Pityriasis rosea
• Pretibial myxoedema
• Pyoderma gangrenosum
• Sarcoidosis
• Sweet’s syndrome
• Xanthoma

Solar damage and skin cancer

• Prevention of solar damage
• Sunburn
• Melanocytic naevi (moles)
• Dysplastic (atypical) naevi
• Lentigines
• Seborrhoeic keratoses
• Solar keratoses (sun spots)
• Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
• Intraepidermal carcinoma (Bowen’s disease)
• Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
• Melanoma

Sweating disorders

• Hyperhidrosis
• Miliaria
• Grover’s disease
• Hidradenitis suppurativa

Urticaria and angioedema

• Urticaria
• Angioedema

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Sources of information

Glossary

Electronic version

Therapeutic Guidelines: Dermatology is available in electronic format as part of eTG complete.