Acneiform Eruptions Flashcards
What is the medical name for common acne?
Acne vulgaris
How does the prevalence of acne change over time?
Nearly 90% of teenagers have acne, by age 40 only 1% of men and 5% of woman still have lesions
Who is at increased risk of acne?
- XYY genotype
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Hyperandrogenism
- Hypercortisolism
Describe the pathogenesis of acne?
1) Early comedone
2) Later comedone
3) Inflammatory papule/pustule
4) Nodule/cyst
What are the different severities of acne?
Mild acne
Moderate acne
Severe acne
When is acne considered to be mild acne?
Open and closed comedones (skin coloured, small bumps (papules)):
- <20 comedowns
- <15 inflammatory lesions
- Or total lesions count <30
Is mild acne inflammatory or non-inflammatory?
Non-inflammatory
What are closed comedones known as?
Whiteheads
What are open comedones known as?
Blackheads
Why does black discolouration occur in open comedones?
- Black discolouration due to melanin deposition and lipid oxidation
Is moderate acne inflammatory lesions or non-inflammatory lesions?
- Papules, pustules, nodules and cysts
- 20-100 comedones
- 15-50 inflammatory lesions
- Or total lesion count 30-125
When is acne considered to be moderate acne?
- Papules, pustules, nodules and cysts
- 20-100 comedones
- 15-50 inflammatory lesions
- Or total lesion count 30-125
When is acne conisdered to be severe acne?
- >5 pseudocysts
- Total comedo count>100
- Total inflammatory count >50
- Or total lesion count >125
What are the long-term impacts of severe acne?
Causes permanent scaring and post inflammatory pigmentation
What are some different varients of acne?
- Acne fulminans
- Drug induced acne
- Acne excoriee
What is acne fulminans?
Most severe form of cystic acne
Characterised by abrupt onset of nodular and suppurative acne with systemic manifestations:
Fever, artralgias, myalgias, hepatosplenomegaly