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Dr. Leonard Charles Sperling M.D.
Dermapathologist | Dermatopathology
4301 Jones Bridge Rd Bethesda MD, 20814About
Dr. Leonard Sperling practices Dermatopathology in Bethesda, MD. 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. Sperling is able to analyze the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1979
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- Dermatopathology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Temporal triangular alopecia acquired in adulthood.
- Hair density in African Americans.
- Hair follicle biology, the sebaceous gland, and scarring alopecias.
- A new look at scarring alopecia.
- Acne keloidalis is a form of primary scarring alopecia.
- Scarring alopecia and the dermatopathologist.
- Hair and systemic disease.
- Frambesiform nodule with an ecchymotic ring.
- Viral-associated trichodysplasia in patients who are immunocompromised.
- Loose anagen hair syndrome.
- Mohs surgery and the reconstructive surgeon: the interdisciplinary approach for treating difficult cutaneous malignancies of the head and neck.
- Splitting hairs: the 'hamburger sign' in trichotillomania.
- The follicular degeneration syndrome in black patients. 'Hot comb alopecia' revisited and revised.
- Viral-associated trichodysplasia in a patient with lymphoma: a case report and review.
- Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia: a case report and brief review of the literature.
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