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5 Derm Flashcards

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Red swollen foot DDX

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Cellulitis, DVT, gout, CPPD, stasis dermatitis, septic arthritis (must r/o)

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PE to do with cellulitis…

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Check lymph! Check regional lymph nodes and look for streaking (lymphangitis)

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Erythema Nodosum

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Indurated nodules that look like bruises, slowly change color. Shins. must look for underlying disorder.
Inflammation of skin and subQ tissue (panniculitis)

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Intertriginous

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Creases: armpits, inguinal folds, under the breasts, between toes/fingers
(Erythasma lives here)

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Balanitis

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Candidiasis on penis/groin

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Miliaria

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Heat rash. Accumulation of sweat beneath eccrine sweat ducts –> keratin obstruction. Pruritis. Small red papules. Children/babies

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Cellulitis

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Acute bacterial infection of the skin. PE…

Immuno compromised. Distribution: lower leg, children–cheeks, perioribital (EMERGENCY), head, neck

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Cutaneous abscess

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Localized collection of pus under skin. Painful, tender, induration

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Erysipelas

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Superficial cellulitis with dermal lymphatic involvement (streaking). Shiny, raised, indurated, plaque like lesions. Legs (then face)

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Erysipeloid

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Violaceous on hands and forearms. Rare

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Erythasma

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Superficial intertriginous infxn with Corynebacterium. Dx: Wood’s lamp, skin scraping

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Folliculitis

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Inflammation of hair follicle. S aureus, fungal, trauma, corticosteroids. Pustule or inflammatory nodule. If from hot tub–pseudomonas

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Furuncle

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Boil. Acute tender nodules. S aureus. Drains to the surface. Culture to r/o MRSA.

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Carbuncle

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Cluster of furuncles with multiple draining orifices. More systemic symptoms.

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Impetigo

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Superficial acute skin infection with honey colored crusting. Clusters of vesicles or pustules that rupture.

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Candidiasis

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Intertriginous, erythematous, well-demarcated, pruritic patches. Satellite lesions.

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Dermatophytoses

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Fungal infxn of keratin in skin and nails. Tinea….

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Tinea barbae

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Beard fungus. Pruritic, painful, swollen

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Tinea capitis

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Fungus that can cause hair loss. More common in African and Hispanic descent

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Tinea corporis

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Pruritic, circular/oval, erythematous, scaling. Slightly raised, pale in middle

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Tinea cruris

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Jock itch. Causes: obesity, diabetes, immunodeficient. Partial central clearing, slightly elevated, erythematous active border

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Tinea pedis

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Athletes foot. Common. Intensely pruritic. Erythematous vesicles or bullae between toes or on soles.

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Tinea versicolor

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Superficial fungus infection with Melassezia furfur. Hypo/hyper pigmented macules with scaling patches. Trunk and proximal upper extremities.

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Cutaneous larva migrans

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Creeping eruption. Caused by hookworm larva. Intensely pruritic, erythema, serpinginous. DDX: scabies

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Lice

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Pediculosis. Wingless, blood sucking insects. Head. Nits “glued on” shaft 1cm from scalp.m

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Scabies

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Infection of skin with mite. Burrows are pathognomic. Wavy lines with papules.
Hands, arms (feet, gluteal fold, axilla, back of knees)

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Molluscum contagiosum

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2-10 lesions. Caused by pox virus in epidermal cells. Esp ages 3-9yrs. Smooth, flesh colored, umbilicated, indurated. Self-limiting

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Warts

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Verrucae vulgaris. Benign, contagious, caused by HPV.

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Common wart

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Dome, round, or irregular. 2-10mm. Usually asx. Skin lines interrupted by hyper keratosis. Black puncta when scraped with pinpoint bleeding.

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Filiform wart

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Long, narrow, soft. Eyelids, face, neck

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Flat wart

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Smooth, flat, yellow, brown, flesh colored. 2-3mm

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Plantar wart

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Soles of feet. Single or multiple. Painful and callused. Black puncta present.

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Mosaic wart

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Multiple plantar warts

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Condylloma accuminata

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Genital warts. Soft, moist papules or plaques on perineum, external genitalia, anus, vagina, cervix

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Varicella

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Chicken pox. Acute, highly contagious vesicular eruption caused by primary infxn with HHV. Papules, macules, vesicles, pustules, crusts.

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Herpes simplex

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Recurrent viral infxn w intraepidermal infxn by HSV. Herpes hurt. Ulcerated/weakling lesions. Outbreaks following stress.

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Herpes zoster

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Shingles. Latent varicella infxn. Virus remains in nerve roots and erupts along the dermatome. Systems sxs, severe pain.

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Roseola infantum

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Infxn of infants or young children. 3-5 days high fever –>rash on chest and abdomen (only for few hours)

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Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

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Febrile disorder caused by Coxsackie virus. Vesicular eruptions of skin and mucosa. Fever, myalgia, abdominal pain, loss of appetite

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Viral exanthems

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Blood borne viruses–> vascular response. Raised maculopapular rash, e.g. Rosella infantum.
DDX: hives

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Measles

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One of most communicable dzs! Spread by secretions from nose, mouth, throat. Prodrome with fever, coryza, conjuctivitis, photophobia, cough, Koplik spots.
Rash is morbilliform, maculopapular, blanching

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Rubella

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Mild incubation, brief prod rime of fever/malaise. Rash is pinpoint pink maculopapular, may have petechiae on soft palate.

A teratogen!

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Vitiligo

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Idiopathic condition lacking in melanocytes. Sharply demarcated, patchy and irregular. Spots are white with no scale.
Assoc w auto immune dzs, e.g. Thyroid, pernicious anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, Addisons

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Hyperpigmentation

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Melasma/chloasma: macular, pregnant women or OCP. Sharply delineated patches on face. “Mask of pregnancy”
Lentigines: flat, tan or brown spots dt chronic sun exposure

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Alopecia

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Male/female pattern–androgen excess (“load of hooey”)
Diffuse– weight loss, nutritional def, thyroid disorder, stress, pregnancy
Toxic–chemo
Alopecia areata–autoimmune, toxic, drugs, infxns, severe stress

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Scarring aplopecia

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Cutaneous lupus, deep bacterial infxn, ulcers, granulomas, syphilis, tinea

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Hirsutism

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Excess hair in females. Dx by serum free testosterone

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Onychomycosis

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Fungal infxn of nail plate or bed. Caused by dermatophytes or yeast

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Paronychial infxns

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Periungual infxn. Develops along nail margin, becomes painful, warm, erythematous, swollen.

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Dermatofibroma

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Benign proliferation of fibroblasts. Epidermal thickening and hyperpigmentation, small red to brown papule

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Epidermal cyst

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Cyst w keratinous material in the dermis. Firm, flesh colored, movable nodule its central punctum

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Keloid

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Excess fibroblastic proliferation following trauma and scarring. E,elated, shiny, firm protuberant nodule. African and Asian descent prone

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Lipoma

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Subcutaneous nodules of adipocytes. More common in F. Rubbery, movable nodule, below dermis.

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Nevi

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Moles. Pigmented or flesh colored macules, papules, or nodules composed of melanocytes.

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Lentigo

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Hyper pigmented macule dt increased melanocytes. Darker, sparser, does not darken with sun

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Junctional nevus

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Light brown-black. Usu flat but can be raised. 1-10mm. Palms, soles, genitals

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Compound nevus

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Light to dark brown, smooth and dome shaped or papillomatous.

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Intradermal nevus

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Elevated, flesh colored to brown. May have speckles of brown pigmentation, 3-6mm

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Halo nevus

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Pigmented compound or intrudermal nevus, halo of depigmented skin. Immune phenomenon

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Atypical/dysplastic nevus

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Irregular, pigmented nevus from tan to dark brown. Irregular pigment. ABCDEF. Large, >6mm on covered areas

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Seborrheic keratosis

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Benign neoplasm—>pigmented superficial lesions that appear warty or smooth papules. “Stuck on”, scaly.

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Acrochordon

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Pendunculated fibroma, soft. “Skin tag”. Perianal common in pts with Chron’s

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Basal cell carcinoma

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Superficial, slow growing papule or nodule. Small, shiny, firm translucent–> crusty, flat lesions.
Nodular-60%. Papule that –> rodent ulcer
Superficial-30%
Morpheaform-10%

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Malignant melanoma

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Arises in melanocytes in skin and mucus membranes, eyes or CNS. ABCDEF. Usu pigmented
Glasgow 7 point checklist: (1 major, or 2 minor = referral)
Major: change in size/new lesion, change in shape, in color
Minor: diameters >=7mm, inflammation, crusting/bleeding, sensory change

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Lentigo-malignant melanoma

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15%. Slow onset and progression on face or sun exposed areas. 2-6cm, flat, tan or brown w darker spots

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Superficial spreading melanoma

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2/3 of melanoma. Arise from preexisting lesion. Mostly on women’s legs and men’s torsos. Plaque

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Nodular melanoma

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Dark protuberant papule or plaque varying in color. Grows fast. May not be pigmented

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Acrolentiginous

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Arise in areas of non-hair bearing skin: soles, palms, subungual skin

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Malignant tumor of epithelial keratinocytes that invades the dermis. Usu on sun exposed areas. Starts as red papule with scaly rough surface or is nodular. Can form horns. Eventually ulcerates/bleeds and can metastasize

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Big lump DDX

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Cutaneous abcess, ruptured epidermal cyst, lipoma, keloid

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Small red papules DDX

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Baby acne, miliaria

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Plaques on face DDX

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Herpes zoster, Rosacea, erysipelas, contact dermatitis

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Intertriginous DDx

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Erythrasma, tinea (pedis, cruris), candidiasis

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Pustules

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Acne vulgaris, Rosacea, impetigo, folliculitis, candidiasis, insect bite, furuncles, carbuncle, drug eruption

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Crusting vesicles

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Impetigo, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, atopic dermatitis

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Scalp DDX

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Tinea capitis, love, seborrheic dermatitis

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Groin DDX

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Tinea cruris, candidiasis, molloscum, erythrasma, warts

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Body DDX

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Drug eruptions, pityriasis rosea, tinea versicolor, erythema multiforme, vitiligo

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Serpinginous DDX

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Cutaneous larva migrans, scabies

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Feet DDX

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Plantar wart, tinea pedis

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Eyelids DDX

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Filiform wart, acrochordon

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Flat brown macule DDX

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Flat wart, lentigo

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Warty thing DDX

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Mosaic wart, seborrheic keratosis, actinic keratosis

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Vesicular rash DDX

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Varicella, contact dermatitis, herpes zoster, acne vulgaris, impetigo, drug eruption, herpes simplex

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Red macular rash DDX

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Roseola infantum, measles, rubella, drug eruption

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Vesicular eruption DDX

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Varicella, herpes, aphthous stomatitis

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Hypopigmented DDX

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Tinea versicolor, vitiligo, pityriasis alba

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Hyper pigmented DDX

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Pregnancy, OCP, lentigines

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Alopecia DDX

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Male pattern, female pattern, alopecia areata, tinea capitis, trichotillomania

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Nails DDX

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Onychomycosis, trauma, psoriasis

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Red brown papules DDX

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Dermatofibroma, nevi, basal cell carcinoma, keloid, acrochordons

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Tumors DDx

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Nevi, seborrheic keratosis, molloscum, scc, malignant melanoma, bcc, actinic keratosis

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Morbilliform

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Looks like measles

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