Hyperpigmentation

Description

Darkening patches on the skin can result in great distress for the patient. However, definitive diagnosis between the many possible causes and effective treatment can be very hard for the medical practitioner to achieve. This is the first major professional reference with systematic coverage of diagnosis and the various treatment options, and it will be an indispensable clinical reference.

Table of Contents

1. Part I: Histology, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Skin Pigmentation
   1. The color of the skin – Rashmi Sarkar
   2. The melanocyte and melanogenesis – Dimitrios Xekardakis, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and Konstantinos Krasagakis
   3. Melanin – M. Badawy Abdel-Naser, Sabine Krueger-Krasagakis, and Konstantinos Krasagakis
   4. Pathophysiology of hyperpigmentation- Shalini B. Reddy and Neelam Vashi
2. Part II: Disorders of Hyperpigmentation
   1. Melasma- Clio Dessinioti and Andreas Katsambas
   2. Erythema dyschromicum perstans – Vassiliki Tzanetakou and Electra Nicolaidou
   3. Lichen planus pigmentosus – Ffstratios Vakirlis and Dimitrios Ioannides
   4. Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis – Elena Sotiriou
   5. Mastocytosis – Michael P Makris
   6. Pityriasis versicolor – Rashmi Sarkar and Vanya Narayan
   7. Atrophoderma of Pasini-Pierini – Elizabeth Lazaridou
   8. Poikilderma of Civette – Alexander C Katoulis and Nikolaos G. Stavrianeas
   9. Pigmented non melanocytic skin lesions – Elvira Moscarella, Simonetta Piana, Caterina Longo, and Giuseppe Argenziano
   10. Drug-induced hyperpigmentation – Raimonds Karls
   11. Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation – Torello Lotti, Tommaso Tanini, Maja Kovacevic, and Serena Gianfaldoni
   12. Linear hyperpigmentation – Chee Leok Goh
   13. Flagellate hyperpigmentation – Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari
   14. Reticular hyperpigmentation – Alexander C Katsoulis and Efthymia Sourra
   15. Genodermatoses – Aikaterini Patsatsi
3. Part III: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
   1. Clinical examination – Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, Juliano Peruzzo, and Tania Cestari
   2. Wood’s Lamp – Juliano Peruzzo, Clarissa Prieto Herman Reinehr, and Tania Cestari
   3. Dermoscopy – Teresa Deinlein and Iris Zalaudek
   4. Histopathology – Almut Böer-Auer
   5. Reflectance confocal microscopy – Caterina Longo, Maurizio Greco, Silvana Ciardo, and Giovanni Pellacani
   6. Spectrophotometry – Riccardo Pampena
   7. Diagnostic algorithms – Stamatis Gregoriou
   8. Differential diagnosis of circumscribed and diffuse hyperpigmentation – Maria Kyriazopoulou and Efstathios Rallis
4. Part IV: Treatment
   1. Cosmetic camouflage for pigmentation issues – Zoe Diana Draelos
   2. Sunscreens – Pauline Lecerf
   3. Medical therapy – Dimitrios Rigopoulos, Alexander C Katoulis, Efthymia Sourra, and Antigone Alevizou
   4. Chemical peels – Myrto Trakatelli, Kostantinos Kalokasidis, and Paola Pasquali
   5. Cryotherapy – Paola Pasquali and Myrto Trakatelli
   6. Electrosurgery – Maria Tsoukas and Jeremiah Au
   7. Lasers – Maria Tsoukas, Monica Boen, Caroline Doo, and Benjamin C Garden
   8. Intense Pulsed Light – Owen Kramer, Benjamin C Garden, and Maria Tsoukas
5. Index

Editors Biography

Dimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD

Professor of Dermatology-Venereology
Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Alexander Katoulis, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Dermatology-Venereology
Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens