ABSTRACT

In this new color handbook, the authors deal systematically with those skin conditions that are particular to or more common in the elderly covering testing, diagnosis and treatment options. Given ageing populations the need for such a book is urgent. More and more elderly patients will seek care for a variety of skin conditions, ranging from eczem

chapter |2 pages

Contents

chapter |1 pages

Preface

chapter |1 pages

Abbreviations

part |1 pages

PART 1 Skin changes with aging

chapter |1 pages

Solar atrophy

chapter |3 pages

Xerosis

part |1 pages

PART 2 Inflammatory skin disease

part |1 pages

PART 3 Neoplasms of the skin

chapter |17 pages

Malignant

chapter |20 pages

Benign

part |1 pages

PART 4 Infestations and infections

chapter |4 pages

Viral Herpes simplex

chapter |2 pages

Bacterial

chapter |3 pages

Fungal Tinea

part |1 pages

PART 5 Metabolic and nutritional disease

chapter |1 pages

Scurvy

chapter |1 pages

Cheilitis

chapter |1 pages

Pruritus

chapter |1 pages

Zinc deficiency

chapter |1 pages

Pellagra

part |1 pages

PART 6 Skin signs of systemic disease

chapter |1 pages

Necrobiosis lipoidica (diabeticorum)

chapter |1 pages

Acanthosis nigricans

chapter |1 pages

Granuloma annulare

chapter |1 pages

Amyloidosis

chapter |2 pages

Stasis dermatitis

chapter |2 pages

Leg ulcers

chapter |1 pages

Xanthomas

chapter |1 pages

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