22 - Atopic Dermatitis Flashcards
Y/N: AD has a male preponderance
No - Female
Y/N: AD has higher prevalence rates in rural settings
No - lower
Y/N: In AD during infancy, the diaper area is usually spared.
Yes
May be the primary manifestation of AD in many adults
Chronic hand eczema
Associated with more severe disease course and allergic comorbidities
Icthyosis vulgaris
Keratosis pilaris
Hyperlinear palms
Often the first atopic disease to devolep
Atopic dermatitis
Y/N: The severity of the skin disease correlates with both the risk and severity of the comorbidity.
Yes
Y/N: No increase in prevalence of behavioral problems in children with AD compared to children without AD.
No - higher prevalence of ADHD, anxiety, conduct disorder, autism
Risk of ADHD in children and adults appears to be mediated by
Sleep disturbance
Most common infection found in AD
Superficial S. aureus
Inflamed skin increases the expression of _____ and _____, which are S. aureus binding sites
Fibronectin
Fibrinogen
Antimicrobial peptide expression is blunted, thought to be secondary to the inhibitory effect of
Type 2 cytokines
Y/N: Topical steroids alone reduce S. aureus counts
Yes
Most serious virally mediated complication of AD
Eczema herpeticum
In AD, smallpox vaccination (or even exposure to vaccinated individuals) may cause a severe widespread eruption
Eczema vaccinatum
Vaccination contraindicated inAD
Smallpox - unless there is a clear risk of smallpox
Hand and foot vesicles or papules that resemble typical hand, foot, and mouth disease, but lesions tend to be more severe and hemorrhagic and involve additional areas with eczema
Eczema coxsackium - exaggerated response to coxsackie virus
Papillary hypertrophy or cobblestoning of the upper eyelid conjunctiva
Vernal conjunctivitis
Conical deformity of the eyes in patients with AD and allergic rhiniconjunctivitis
Keratoconus
Two major biologic pathways responsible for AD
- Epidermal dysfunction
2. Altered innate or adaptive immune responses
Most consistently replicated to be a major predisposing genetic factor for AD
Loss-of-function mutations involving the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin
Classification of AD based on clinical appearance and duration of illness
Nonlesional AD Acute AD (3 or fewer days after onset) Chronic AD (more than 3 days duration)
Most potent cytokines downregulating filaggrin expression by keratinocytes
TSLP
IL-4
IL-13
Small platelets seen on peripheral blood smear are characteristic of
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Infants presenting in the first year of life with failure to thrive, diarrhea, a generalized scaling erythematous rash, and recurrent cutaneous or systemic infections should be evaluated for
Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome
Autosomal recessive SCID caused by mutations in RAG1 and RAG2 that can present with erythrodermic rash (can be eczematous with pachydermia), elevated IgE, eosinophilia, diarrhea, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and susceptibility to infections
Omenn syndrome