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Copyrighted Material 1 Index Note: Page numbers in italics refer to figures, those in bold refer to tables and boxes. References are to pages within chapters, thus 58.10 is page 10 of Chapter 58. A definition 87.2 congenital ichthyoses 65.38–9 differential diagnosis 90.62 A fibres 85.1, 85.2 dermatomyositis association 88.21 discoid lupus erythematosus occupational 90.56–9 α-adrenoceptor agonists 106.8 differential diagnosis 87.5 treatment 89.41 chemical origin 130.10–12 abacavir disease course 87.5 hand eczema treatment 39.18 clinical features 90.58 drug eruptions 31.18 drug-induced 87.4 hidradenitis suppurativa management definition 90.56 HLA allele association 12.5 endocrine disorder skin signs 149.10, 92.10 differential diagnosis 90.57 hypersensitivity 119.6 149.11 keratitis–ichthyosis–deafness syndrome epidemiology 90.58 pharmacological hypersensitivity 31.10– epidemiology 87.3 treatment 65.32 investigations 90.58–9 11 familial 87.4 keratoacanthoma treatment 142.36 management 90.59 ABCA12 gene mutations 65.7 familial partial lipodystrophy neutral lipid storage disease with papular elastorrhexis differential ABCC6 gene mutations 72.27, 72.30 association 74.2 ichthyosis treatment 65.33 diagnosis 96.30 ABCC11 gene mutations 94.16 generalized 87.4 pityriasis rubra pilaris treatment 36.5, penile 111.19 abdominal wall, lymphoedema 105.20–1 genital 111.27 36.6 photodynamic therapy 22.7 ABHD5 gene mutations 65.32 HIV infection 31.12 psoriasis pomade 90.17 abrasions, sports injuries 123.16 investigations 87.5 generalized pustular 35.37 prepubertal 90.59–64 Abrikossoff tumour 137.52 malignant 87.3, 87.5, 147.14–15 plaque 35.26, 35.28 clinical features 90.61–3 abscesses 3.38 management 87.5 squamous cell carcinoma secondary complications/co-morbidities 90.63 anal 113.24, 113.25–6 oral lesions 110.10 prevention 142.32 definition 90.59 aseptic abscess syndrome 49.17 paraneoplastic 87.5, 147.15–16, 152.1 subcorneal pustular dermatosis differential diagnosis 90.62–3 breast 116.24 pathophysiology 87.3–4 49.15 disease course 90.63 filler adverse reaction 157.9 predisposing factors 87.4 Vohwinkel syndrome treatment 65.57 epidemiology 90.59–60 glanders 26.53, 26.54 prognosis 87.5 Ackerman tumour see verrucous investigations 90.63 hidradenitis suppurativa 92.4, 92.5 unilateral 87.5 carcinoma management 90.63–4 differential diagnosis 92.7 variants 87.4–5 acne pathophysiology 90.60–1 HIV infection 31.20 vulval 112.21 agminate 90.28 prognosis 90.63 immunodeficiency association 148.15 acanthosis palmaris 147.15–16 antibiotic therapy 19.43 scarring 90.63 intraoral 110.58 Acari 34.35, 34.36, 34.37–9 ocular side effects 109.46 severity 90.63 krokodil abuse 121.3 Acaridae 34.48 arthritis association 154.10 variants 90.62 subungual 95.37–8 accelerated rheumatoid nodulosis 99.15 comedonal 90.1, 90.2–3, 90.21 Propionibacterium acnes 26.43 acantholysis 3.33–4, 66.1, 66.2, 66.4 acetone 95.63 management 90.38, 90.39–40 psychological impact 11.4 pemphigus 50.3 acetyl hexapeptide 3 156.5 mid-facial 90.62 pyogenic sterile arthritis, pyoderma acantholytic dermatoses acetylcholine 2.8, 8.52 treatment algorithm 90.38 gangrenosum and acne Hailey–Hailey disease variants 66.12 atopic eczema 41.15 cosmetica 90.17 syndrome 45.3, 45.8 see also transient acantholytic dermatosis itching in skin disease 83.6 defensin activity 8.14 quality of life measurement 16.6 acantholytic disorders, inherited 66.1–13 acetylcholine receptor antibodies 50.3 detergent 90.17 surgery 20.47 see also Darier disease; Hailey–Hailey Achenbach syndrome 101.6, 123.13 ectopic 92.1 acne aestivalis 93.6 disease achondroplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta endocrine disorder skin signs 149.10 acne conglobata 90.50–1, 90.54–6, 92.2, acantholytic dyskeratosis 71.24 differential diagnosis 72.10 environmental, differential 154.10 focal 110.19 aciclovir 19.44 diagnosis 90.57 acne fulminans differential acanthoma fissuratum 123.13–14 erythema multiforme 47.6 environmental pollution 90.56–7 diagnosis 90.52, 90.56 acanthosis 3.34 herpes simplex virus excoriée 90.23 assessment 90.56 Bowen disease 142.17 inCOPYRIGHTED HIV 31.23 MATERIALgranulomatous 90.24 associated diseases 90.54 peristomal papules 114.111 neonatal 116.22 hidradenitis suppurativa 92.2 clinical features 90.55–6 acanthosis nigricans 64.3, 87.2–5, 147.14–15 post-herpetic neuralgia 84.4–5 hirsutism association 89.65 complications 90.56 acquired generalized resistance 31.23 hyperandrogenism 145.18 definition 90.54 lipodystrophy 100.3 topical 18.13 infantile 90.59, 90.61–2, 90.63, 117.5 differential diagnosis 90.55 acral 87.4–5 varicella-zoster virus 25.30, 31.23 differential diagnosis 90.62 dissecting cellulitis of scalp associated disorders 87.3 acid glycosaminoglycans 59.1 inversa 92.1 association 107.8 benign 147.14 acid lipase 65.10 isotretinoin treatment 11.4 epidemiology 90.54 clinical features 87.4–5 acid orcein–Giemsa stain 3.8, 3.9 joint symptom association 154.10 genetics 90.54 confluent and reticulated papillomatosis acid phosphatase 2.43, 8.41 keloid-like 96.46, 96.47 hidradenitis suppurativa differential differential diagnosis 87.7 lysosomal 8.44 mechanical 90.24 diagnosis 113.21 congenital generalized lipodystrophies acids, chemical burns 129.12 mid-childhood 90.59, 90.60, 90.62 infants 90.62 74.1 Acinetobacter 26.50 differential diagnosis 90.63 management 90.56, 90.57 Darier disease differential Acinetobacter baumannii 34.18 necrotica 90.32 pathophysiology 90.54 diagnosis 66.4 acitretin 19.37, 31.16 neonatal 90.59, 90.61, 90.63 acné excoriée 86.15–16, 90.23 Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology, Ninth Edition. Edited by Christopher Griffiths, Jonathan Barker, Tanya Bleiker, Robert Chalmers and Daniel Creamer. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Companion website: www.rooksdermatology.com bindex.indd 1 27 March 2017 8:04 PM 2 Index acne fulminans 90.50–3, 154.10 systemic therapy 90.41–4 acral peeling skin syndrome (APSS) 65.27, actin 3.21 acne conglobata differential topical therapy 90.40–1 71.6, 71.7 actinic cheilitis 110.78–9 diagnosis 90.52, 90.56 papulopustular rosacea differential keratolysis exfoliativa differential carbon dioxide laser ablation 23.18 assessment 90.52–3 diagnosis 91.10 diagnosis 87.24 photodynamic therapy 22.5 associated disorders 90.50–1 pathophysiology 90.18–20 acral persistent papular mucinosis 59.6, actinic comedonal plaque 96.3 clinical features 90.51–2 periorificial dermatitis differential 59.7 actinic dermatitis see chronic actinic complications 90.53 diagnosis 91.18 acral self-healing collodion baby 116.19 dermatitis definition 90.50 photoaggravated, actinic folliculitis acroangiodermatitis 101.5 actinic elastosis see solar elastosis differential diagnosis 90.52 differential diagnosis 93.6 Kaposi sarcoma, differential actinic folliculitis 93.6 disease course 90.53 predisposing factors 90.12–13, 90.14–16, diagnosis 139.4 actinic granuloma 96.25–7 epidemiology 90.50–1 90.16–18 acrocyanosis 81.10, 125.5–6 solar elastosis association 96.3 genetics 90.51 pregnancy 90.17, 115.8–9 neonates 116.3 actinic keratoses 142.1–7, 142.8, 142.9–11 infections 90.51 prognosis 90.36 proximal nail fold capillaroscopy 95.52 basal cell carcinoma association 125.13, investigations 90.52–3 Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection 26.52 Raynaud phenomenon differential 141.2 isotretinoin-induced flare 90.51 psychological problem association 90.23 diagnosis 125.9 benign lichenoid keratosis differential management 90.53 psychosocial effects 90.34–5 Sneddon syndrome 101.21 diagnosis 133.7 pathophysiology 90.51 pyogenic granuloma 90.36 acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans 96.13– Bowen disease differential prognosis 90.53 quality of life impact 90.33, 90.34, 90.34 14, 96.19 diagnosis 142.19 variants 90.52 rosacea conglobata differential Lyme disease 140.38 bowenoid 142.3 acne inversa see hidradenitis suppurativa diagnosis 91.16 sclerosing panniculitis differential causative organisms 142.3 acne keloidalis scarring 90.22, 90.23, 90.24, 90.35 diagnosis 99.29 chondrodermatitis nodularis differential nuchae 93.3–4, 123.16 mimics 90.32 acrodermatitis chronica migrans 26.70 diagnosis 108.9 scarring 90.32 seborrhoea 90.36 acrodermatitis continua of clinical features 142.3–6 acne mechanica 123.15, 123.16 severe Hallopeau 35.40–2 immunocompromised acne of chemical origin treatment 90.44–8 clinical features 35.41–2 patients 146.10–11 clinical features 130.11–12 treatment algorithm 90.39 definition 35.40 complications/co-morbidity 142.6 differential diagnosis 130.11 severity rating 90.32–3, 90.36, 90.37 differential diagnosis 35.42 cutaneous horn differential hidradenitis suppurativa differential sinus tracts 90.22, 90.23 epidemiology 35.41 diagnosis 142.12 diagnosis 113.21 sleep deprivation 90.16–17 investigations 35.42 definition 142.1 management 130.12 smoking 90.16 management 35.42 differential diagnosis 142.4–5 occupational disorders 130.10–12 stress factors 90.16–17 pathophysiology 35.41 disease course 142.6 Acne Quality of Life Scale (AQOL) 16.6 suicide risk 90.34–5 psoriasis 95.41 disseminated superficial actinic Acne Symptom and Impact Scale tuberous sclerosis complex differential radiotherapy 24.6 porokeratosis differential (ASIS) 16.6 diagnosis 80.12 acrodermatitis dysmetabolica 63.26, 71.24 diagnosis 142.16 acne vulgaris 90.1–3, 90.3–4, 90.5–6, 90.7, UV radiation 90.17 acrodermatitis enteropathica 63.26, epidemiology 142.2 90.8–13, 90.14–16, 90.16–50 variants 90.22–4 81.17–18 eyelid 109.46 acneform drug eruption differential acneform eruptions 120.3 breastfed infants 63.25–6 Flegel disease differential diagnosis 118.17 chemical
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