Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: INFLAMMATORY, DYSPLASTIC AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASES. PART I DISEASES OF THE EPIDERMIS: 1 Pustular Diseases of the Epidermis; 2 Bullous and Acantholytic Diseases of the Epidermis and the Dermal-Epidermal Junction; 3 Interface Diseases of the Dermal-Epidermal Junction; 4 Necrotizing Diseases of the Epidermis; 5 Spongiotic and Vesicular Diseases of the Epidermis; Ulcerative and Exudative Diseases of the Epidermis; Hyperplastic Diseases of the Epidermis; Diseases with Abnormal Cornification. PART II DISEASES OF THE DERMIS: 9 Perivascular Diseases of the Dermis; 10 Vascular Diseases of the Dermis; 11 Lichenoid Diseases of the Dermis; 12 Infectious Nodular and Diffuse Granulomatous and Pyrogranulomatous Diseases of the Dermis; 13 Noninfectious Nodular and Diffuse Granulomatous and Pyrogranulomatous Diseases of the Dermis; 14 Nodular and Diffuse Diseases of the Dermis with Prominent Eosinophils, Neutrophils or Plasma Cells; 15 Degenerative, Dysplastic and Depositional Diseases of Dermal Connective Tissue. PART III DISEASES OF THE ADNEXA: 16 Pustular and Nodular Diseases without Adnexal Destruction; 17 Pustular and Nodular Diseases with Adnexal Destruction; 18 Mural Diseases of the Hair Follicle; 19 Atrophic Diseases of the Adnexa; 20 Dysplastic Diseases of the Adnexa. PART IV DISEASES OF THE PANNICULUS: Diseases of the Panniculus. SECTION TWO: NEOPLASMS AND OTHER TUMORS. PART I EPITHELIAL NEOPLAMS AND OTHER TUMORS: 22 Epidermal Tumors; 23 Follicular Tumors; Sebaceous Tumors; Sweat Gland Tumors; Nailbed Epithelial Tumors. PART II MESENCHYMAL NEOPLASMS AND OTHER TUMORS: 27 Fibrous Tumors; 28 Vascular Tumors; 29 Perivascular Tumors; 30 Lipocytic Tumors; 31 Smooth Muscle and Skeletal Muscle Tumors; 32 Neural and Perineural Tumors; 33 Other Mesenchymal Tumors; 34 Melanocytic Tumors; 35 Histiocytic Tumors; 36 Mast Cell Tumors; 37 Lymphocytic Tumors.

About the Author

Thelma Lee Gross DVM, Director, California Dematopathology Service, and Consultant, IDEXX Veterinary Services, West Sacramento, California
Peter J. Ihrke VMD, Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis


Emily J. Walder VMD, Director, propritor of An Independent Biopsy Service, Venice, California


Verena K. Affolter DrMedVet, PhD, Associate Professor for Clinical Dermatopathology, University of California, Davis

Reviews

"The authors are to be congratulated on the publication of what must be one of the most significant and remarkable contributions to the literature on veterinary dermatology and dermatopathology. The short conclusion from this book review is simple: if you are in any way serious about veterinary dermatology, you must buy this book." R. Bond, Veterinary Dermatology, 2006
"Every dermatologist and veterinary pathologist in the world should own this book. It provides a unique resource for anyone who wants a definitive description of the clinical and histopathological features of all the skin diseases we currently know about." Veterinary Times, 2005


"An excellent book. The illustrations are superb and the descriptions that accompany them are in straightforward English. It stems from the authors' broad practical experience which will aid even experienced clinicians and pathologists. I recommend this book to all veterinary dermatologists and pathologists. All trainees should have a copy and ownership should be compulsory for all dermatopathologists." J Rest, Veterinary Dermatology, 2005


"The authors have written a well organised and complete review of the clinical signs and histopathologic lesions observed in all of the included skin diseases of the dog and cat. It is the most thorough and practical work available to the clinician and pathologist at this time." Dr L. D. McGill, Veterinary Pathology, 2006



"This book offers a magnificent clinical and histopathological description of all the non-neoplastic skin diseases and neoplastic skin tumors of dogs and cats known at the beginning of the 21st Century. Every general practitioner interested in dermatology, every histopathologist interested in the skin and even more so, every dermatologist and dermatopathologist should have this book, a masterpiece, permanently to hand." European Journal of Companion Animal Practice, 2006"A superb book that more than fulfils its premise. It fills a void in the dermatology literature and will become a definitive resource." Journal of Small Animal Practice