This book serves as a concise text on nail diseases and disorders, offering the most up to date information available from internationally recognized speakers and authors.This comprehensive guide examines a multitude of nail disease types manifestations, treatments, and complications. Chapters delve into specific disorders such as yellow nail syndrome, psoriasis, lichen planus, and brittle nails. Notable treatments covered include advances in MRI, anti-neoplastic drugs and ultrasound imaging. The book also features discussions on unique topics, such as the convergence of orthopedics and onychology in nail disease treatment, as well as treatment complications faced by distinct demographics.

Going beyond basics and diving right into the heart of various diseases and disorders, Advances in Nail Disease and Management will serve to aid experienced dermatologists looking for advanced expertise information.

Autorentext

Robert L. Baran, MD

Former head of Dermatology Department

Cannes General Hospital

Honorary Professor

Franche-Comté University

Cannes 06400

France

Inhalt

1. Yellow nails syndrome up-dated2. Is really peri-ungual vitiligo an intractable localization?3. Surgical management of malignant tumours 4. Myxoid pseudocysts - variants, diagnosis and management5. MRI of the nail6. The Twenty-nail dystrophy7. Microscopy confocale8. Innovative therapies in genetic nail disorders ?9. Foot mechanics and nail changes10. Advances in the nail in systemic disease11. Brittle nails12. The nail in leprosy, sporotrichosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis13. Advances in systemic treatment of inflammatory nail disorders.14. Nail lichen planus15. What's new in pediatric nail disorders ?16. Nail changes with targeted anti-neoplastic drugs17. OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography)18. Drug induced nail changes19. Current applications of ultrasound in Nail diseases20. Onychomycosis - Usefulness of histomycology