Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease

Too often the skin is viewed as a freefloating organ, detached from the rest of the body and capable of causing a variety of vexing problems understood only by a higher being and a handful of dermatologists. This book attempts to sort out and organize some of the perplexing cutaneous signs that should signal internal disease to the trained medical eye. It also attempts to bridge the gap between dermatology and those other specialties that often encounter a wide variety of cutaneous problems, particularly internal medicine, pediatrics, and family practice.

The text has been written by six dermatologists of the younger generation, with each author contributing five to ten chapters of varying complexity. They represent academic departments in different regions of the country, including two chairmen, and bring a wide range of expertise and opinion to the book. They have written clearly and succinctly with a uniform style that makes