By

David E Elder MB, ChB Professor and Associate Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Rosalie Elenitsas MD Associate Professor, Director of Dermatopathology, Department of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bernett L Johnson Jr., MD Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Senior Medical Director, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
George F Murphy MD Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Dermatopathology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Xiaowei Xu MD Assistant Professor of Pathology and Dermatology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Lever’s Histopathology of the Skin is a classic, comprehensive work that has been used by generations of dermatopathologists, pathologists, and dermatologists to further their knowledge, in their current practices, and in the training of their students. The pathophysiologic organization is based on Walter Lever’s original scheme, with appropriate modifications over the years, and is more efficient than the pattern method, since related entities are discussed in juxtaposition.

This edition contains over 1,400 full-color illustrations, including photomicrographs and clinical photographs of diseases not covered in previous editions. The chapter on algorithmic pattern recognition has been expanded and extensively cross-referenced to the chapters on diseases to aid readers in generating differential diagnoses for unknown cases.

A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.

Key Features

Comprehensive coverage
Emphasis on pathogenesis, immunohistochemistry and molecular techniques as used in the laboratory
Maintains traditional organization of pathophysiologic classification of disease while incorporating “primer” on pattern-algorithm diagnosis
Over 1,300 full-color illustrations

Tenth Edition Highlights:

Addition of new diseases and updates to information on existing diseases
Over 200 new images (histopathology of “new” diseases and clinical images) will be added
Expansion of pattern-recognition “primer” and extensive cross-referencing to the chapters and perhaps also to the second edition of the Atlas