Genital and Perianal Diseases: A Color Handbook (Medical Color Handbook Series)

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014 Despite the development of penicillin and other treatments, the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) worldwide continues to rise. In Genital and Perianal Diseases, A Colour Handbook, the authors discuss the diagnosis and treatment of the main cutaneous conditions of the anogenital region, with a special focus on those diseases considered to be sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).Through succinct text and more than 240 top-quality illustrations, this volume combines the advantages of an atlas and a concise textbook. This work is of value to a wide range of health professionals including dermatologists, infectious and venereal disease specialists, urologists, gynecologists, emergency physicians, nurse practitioners, general practitioners, and pediatricians. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Front Cover 1 Contents 4 Preface 6 Contributors 8 Abbreviations 10 SECTION 1 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES 12 Chapter 1 Syphilis 12 Chapter 2 Gonorrhea 26 Chapter 3 Chancroid 32 Chapter 4 Lymphogranuloma Venereum 38 Chapter 5 Donovanosis 44 Chapter 6 Nongonoccocal Urethritis 50 Chapter 7 Genital Herpes 56 Chapter 8 Genital Warts 68 Chapter 9 Molluscum Contagiosum 76 Chapter 10 HIV Infection/ AIDS 82 Chapter 11 Vulvovaginitis 90 Chapter 12 Ectoparasitosis 102 Chapter 13 Sexual Abuse 110 SECTION 2 CUTANEOUS DISEASES OF THE ANOGENITAL REGION 118 Chapter 14 Anatomic 118 Chapter 15 Benign Tumors 128 Chapter 16 Skin Cancer of the Genitalia 144 Chapter 17 Anogenital 160 Chapter 18 Allergic Dermatitis, Irritant Dermatitis, and Drug Reactions 164 Chapter 19 Bullous Diseases 178 Chapter 20 Miscellaneous Dermatoses 198 Chapter 21 Bacterial Diseases 210 Chapter 22 Miscellaneous Viral, Fungal, and Bacterial Diseases 216 Chapter 23 Pediatric Problems in the Anogenital Region 224 Chapter 24 Genital Adornment 242 Chapter 25 Genital Mutilation 252 Chapter 26 Genital and Perianal Diseases of Psychogenic Origin 258 References 268 Back Cover 283 Despite the development of penicillin and other treatments the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) worldwide continues to rise and they are a huge health problem. In Genital and Perianal Diseases, the authors deal with the diagnosis and treatment of all the main cutaneous conditions of the anogenital region, with a special focus on those diseases considered to be STDs. By means of succinct text and over 240 top-quality illustrations, the Colour Handbook combines the advantages of an atlas and a concise textbook. Genital and Perianal Diseases is of value to a wide range of health professionals including dermatologists, infectious and venereal disease specialists, urologists, gynaecologists, emergency physicians, nurse practitioners, general practitioners and paediatricians "This illustrated text discusses the diagnosis and treatment of the main cutaneous conditions of the anogenital region in both sexes, with a special focus on those diseases considered to be sexually transmitted diseases, wihich have an increasing incidence worldwide. This work will be of value to the wide range of health professionals dealing with patients who may present special challenges for many reasons beyond the strictly medical, wheter psychological, social, cultural, or legal."--Page 4 de la couverture Covers the diagnosis and treatment of all the main cutaneous conditions of the anogenital region, with a special focus on those diseases considered to be STDs.