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Dermatologic Syndromes Card Deck
808 Book reviews
J AM ACAD DERMATOL MAY 2004
a teaching format, whether to a single individual or a larger audience. While navigating through the program, one codiscovers dermoscopy and the ways to use the library of information on the disk. Although it has been available for several years now, we have found no better book, CD, or combination to serve as a training tool for the dermatologist to become proficient in dermoscopy than the Interactive Atlas of Dermoscopy. This book/CD combination provides extensive and very convenient tools to contribute to training, while maintaining an engaging and fun learning experience to the single user or group. The Book/CD-ROM set can most easily be ordered at: http://www.dermoscopy.org/atlas/order_ cd.asp, where the price is $200. Peter A. Lio, MD Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD Boston, Massachusetts doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.07.029
Color atlas of oral diseases. 3rd edition George Laskaris, New York, 2003, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 464 pages. $149.00. This is a lovely atlas with 777 very nicely done, high-quality color illustrations, and is a very worthwhile addition to the compleat dermatologist’s atlas collection. Oral diseases do not receive the attention they deserve in dermatology residency training programs, and books like this can help remedy deficiencies in our diagnostic powers. The problem with most atlases, including this one, is that they tend to go from diagnosis to physical finding, which is opposite to the direction ordinarily required when trying to go from finding to differential diagnosis in the clinic. Nonetheless, the chapter groupings and pictures in this book are sufficiently clear and wellorganized to enable someone who doesn’t already
know a torus from a schwannoma to get off to a good start. Jeffrey D. Bernhard, MD Editor doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.010
Dermatologic syndromes card deck S.B. Mallory and E. Gutierrez, Boca Raton, 2002, CRC Press-Parthenon Publishers. 253 cards. $63.00. In the weeks preceding the board examination and sometimes all throughout residency, dermatologists-in-training have used homemade flashcards to reinforce their knowledge of skin disease. As an aid in this learning method, Drs Mallory and Guitierrez have compiled 253 different skin conditions in the Dermatologic Syndromes Card Deck. Each 4 ⫻ 5-inch card contains one “syndrome,” with the topic name on the front side and the key features or anomalies listed on the back. Some cards even reference the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database entry number and genetic defect, if these are available. As implied by the title, the topics include genodermatoses and syndromes that are popular board fodder. However, a varied assortment of other skin manifestations are included, such as Lyme disease, Nevus Sebaceus of Jadassohn, Futcher Lines, and heparin necrosis. Several minutes a day can be set aside (and several cards can be stashed in a white coat pocket) to quiz oneself and practice instant recall of knowledge. My only suggestions are that the next edition include pictures and be put in a storage box from which it is much less difficult to remove the cards. Overall, the Dermatologic Syndromes Card Deck can be high-yield for any dermatology resident preparing for the board exam. More importantly, the fund of knowledge that develops and solidifies from its use will be applicable in any clinical practice. Suzanne N. Granados, MD Charlottesville, Virginia doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.028
J AM ACAD DERMATOL MAY 2004
a teaching format, whether to a single individual or a larger audience. While navigating through the program, one codiscovers dermoscopy and the ways to use the library of information on the disk. Although it has been available for several years now, we have found no better book, CD, or combination to serve as a training tool for the dermatologist to become proficient in dermoscopy than the Interactive Atlas of Dermoscopy. This book/CD combination provides extensive and very convenient tools to contribute to training, while maintaining an engaging and fun learning experience to the single user or group. The Book/CD-ROM set can most easily be ordered at: http://www.dermoscopy.org/atlas/order_ cd.asp, where the price is $200. Peter A. Lio, MD Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD Boston, Massachusetts doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.07.029
Color atlas of oral diseases. 3rd edition George Laskaris, New York, 2003, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 464 pages. $149.00. This is a lovely atlas with 777 very nicely done, high-quality color illustrations, and is a very worthwhile addition to the compleat dermatologist’s atlas collection. Oral diseases do not receive the attention they deserve in dermatology residency training programs, and books like this can help remedy deficiencies in our diagnostic powers. The problem with most atlases, including this one, is that they tend to go from diagnosis to physical finding, which is opposite to the direction ordinarily required when trying to go from finding to differential diagnosis in the clinic. Nonetheless, the chapter groupings and pictures in this book are sufficiently clear and wellorganized to enable someone who doesn’t already
know a torus from a schwannoma to get off to a good start. Jeffrey D. Bernhard, MD Editor doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.010
Dermatologic syndromes card deck S.B. Mallory and E. Gutierrez, Boca Raton, 2002, CRC Press-Parthenon Publishers. 253 cards. $63.00. In the weeks preceding the board examination and sometimes all throughout residency, dermatologists-in-training have used homemade flashcards to reinforce their knowledge of skin disease. As an aid in this learning method, Drs Mallory and Guitierrez have compiled 253 different skin conditions in the Dermatologic Syndromes Card Deck. Each 4 ⫻ 5-inch card contains one “syndrome,” with the topic name on the front side and the key features or anomalies listed on the back. Some cards even reference the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database entry number and genetic defect, if these are available. As implied by the title, the topics include genodermatoses and syndromes that are popular board fodder. However, a varied assortment of other skin manifestations are included, such as Lyme disease, Nevus Sebaceus of Jadassohn, Futcher Lines, and heparin necrosis. Several minutes a day can be set aside (and several cards can be stashed in a white coat pocket) to quiz oneself and practice instant recall of knowledge. My only suggestions are that the next edition include pictures and be put in a storage box from which it is much less difficult to remove the cards. Overall, the Dermatologic Syndromes Card Deck can be high-yield for any dermatology resident preparing for the board exam. More importantly, the fund of knowledge that develops and solidifies from its use will be applicable in any clinical practice. Suzanne N. Granados, MD Charlottesville, Virginia doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.028