Author
Rachel M Fisher, MBChB, MRCP Specialist Trainee, Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Ruth G Asher, MBChB, FRCPath Locum Consultant Dermatopathologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Ruth G Asher, MBChB, FRCPath is a member of the following medical societies: Association of Clinical Pathologists, British Society for Dermatopathology, International Academy of Pathology, International Society of Dermatopathology, Royal Society of Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Susan Cooper, MD, MBChB, FRCP, MRCGP Consultant Dermatologist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, UK
Susan Cooper, MD, MBChB, FRCP, MRCGP is a member of the following medical societies: Royal College of Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Richard P Vinson, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Mountain View Dermatology, PA
Richard P Vinson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, Texas Medical Association, Association of Military Dermatologists, Texas Dermatological Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Rosalie Elenitsas, MD Herman Beerman Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Director, Penn Cutaneous Pathology Services, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Rosalie Elenitsas, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, American Society of Dermatopathology, Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology
Disclosure: Received royalty from Lippincott Williams Wilkins for textbook editor.
Chief Editor
Dirk M Elston, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Dirk M Elston, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
James W Patterson, MD Professor of Pathology and Dermatology, Director of Dermatopathology, University of Virginia Medical Center
James W Patterson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Physicians, American Society of Dermatopathology, Royal Society of Medicine, Society for Investigative Dermatology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author, Kristiana Gray, MD, to the development and writing of this article.
