Servet presents this innovative work written by authors specialised in the field. Uniquely, this book provides a joint perspective on the subjects of Dermatology and Immunology. The combination of the two subjects makes this work an indispensable tool for readers, allowing them to tackle each pathology encountered using an informed approach that is unique within the current literature.

Authors:

FERNANDO FARIÑAS GUERRERO

He serves as a veterinary and medical advisor to various public and private agencies, and is a member of specialized study groups of the International Federation of Immunology focused on the fields of immunotherapy (GEIT) and immunodeficiencies (GEID), as well as various groups involved in the study of vector borne diseases and zoonoses.

CARLOS VICH CORDÓN

Diplomate in Dermatology of the European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies (ESAVS; Luxembourg, 1996 and 1997; Barcelona, 1998) and a member of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology (ESVD) since 1995.

Key Features:

➜ Provides the reader with a set of tools to tackle each type of dermatosis.

➜ Innovative work, written by two specialists in the field.

Table of Contents:

1. Basic cutaneous immunology

and immunopathology

Skin immunity

A brief introduction to the immune response

Types of immunological hypersensitivity

Diagnosis of dermatological allergies

Desensitisation immunotherapy

Immunodeficiencies and dermatosis

Immunomodulators in dermatology

2. Introduction to clinical dermatology

Introduction to clinical dermatology

Clinical dermatology terminology

Skin cytology

3. Immune-mediated skin diseases

Atopic dermatitis. Clinical case

Food allergy. Clinical case

Angioedema and urticaria. Clinical case

Flea allergy dermatitis. Clinical case

Arthropod bite hypersensitivity. Clinical case

Eosinophilic granuloma. Clinical case

Contact hypersensitivity. Clinical case

Cutaneous vasculitis. Clinical case

Pemphigus foliaceus. Clinical case

Discoid lupus erythematosus. Clinical case

Dermatomyositis. Clinical case

Uveodermatologic syndrome. Clinical case

Vitiligo. Clinical case

Erythema multiforme and toxic epidermal

necrolysis. Clinical case

Sebaceous adenitis. Clinical case

Lymphocytic folliculitis (alopecia areata

and pseudopelade). Clinical case

Plasma cell or lymphoplasmacytic

pododermatitis. Clinical case

Idiopathic sterile granuloma and pyogranuloma.

Clinical case

Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation/

hypopigmentation. Clinical case

Skin reactions to drugs and vaccines. Clinical case

Panniculitis and cellulitis. Clinical case

Lupoid onychodystrophy. Clinical case

4. Cutaneous neoplasms

of immune origin

Histiocytoma. Clinical case

Canine mastocytoma. Clinical case

Cutaneous lymphoma. Clinical case

Melanoma. Clinical case