Dr. Dirk Michael Elston MD
Dermapathologist | Dermatopathology
171 ASHLEY AVE CHARLESTON SC, 29425About
Dr. Dirk Elston practices Dermatopathology in New York, NY. Dermatopathology is a medical specialty that focuses on dermatology and pathology, and involves the diagnosis of various diseases of the skin, hair, and nails by looking at cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level. By revealing the histology of diseases and results from a specific diagnostic interpretation, Dr. Elston is able to analyze the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level.
Education and Training
Jefferson Med Coll-Thos Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia Pa 1982
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- What is your Diagnosis? Alopecia areata of the eyelashes.
- What's eating you? Centruroides exilicauda.
- Tuberous sclerosis.
- What's eating you? Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse spider).
- Controversies concerning the treatment of lice and scabies.
- Photo quiz. Linear Scleroderma.
- What's eating you? Ixodes ticks.
- Photo quiz. Huntley's papules (diabetic finger pebbling).
- What's eating you? Latrodectus mactans (the black widow spider).
- Lichenoid tissue reaction in malignant melanoma: a potential diagnostic pitfall.
- Long-term suppression of chronic Sweet's syndrome with colchicine.
- Disseminated coccidioidomycosis discovered during routine skin cancer screening.
- Photo quiz. Trichrome tinea versicolor.
- What's eating you? Tarantulas (Theraphosidae).
- Medical Pearl: fluorescence microscopy of hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections.
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