Breakfast club teaching Flashcards
What is a macule?
A flat non-palpable lesion
What is a patch?
A large macule - a larger flat non-palpable lesion
What is a papule?
A small raised lesion <0.5cm
What is a nodule?
A larger raised lesion >0.5cm
What is a plaque?
An elevated flat lesion or an sunken lesion
What is a vesicle?
A small fluid-filled sac
What is a blister/bulla?
A large fluid-filled sac
What are features are important to assess/describe in dermatology?
- Colour
- How well defined/circumscribed
- Skin quality - e.g. scaling/crusty/excoriation
- Soft/firm/hard?
- Annular appearance? - dark outside and pale inner
- Shape - discoid?
- Distribution e.g. in koebernisation / shingles
Pyodermal gangrenosum is associated with what age people, and what conditions?
Young people associated with rheumatoid arthritis and IBD - it is like an ulcer, well demarcated and will appear rapidly. Do not debride this and treatment required is powerful immunosuppressives
Which type of derm lesion is multiple vesicles with sunken centres (umbilical centre) caused by a particular virus? (and how is it treated?)
Molluscum contagiosum caused by the POX virus, treatment with hydrogen peroxide cream
What is the layman term for melanocytic naevus?
Birthmark
What is the derm condition which presents with brown superficial papules/plaques over a large area of the body?
Pityriasis versicolour - a fungal infection in young adults which requires antifungals
How does actinic keratosis present, and what can it be a precursor for?
It can be a scaly, erythema in sun exposed areas, and can be pre-malignant (Bowens) leading to a SCC
Bullous pemigoid and bullous pemigus occur in older people and young people respectively. What is bullous pemphigoid?
It is caused by autoimmune conditions causing urticated erythematous plaques, blisters and haematomas. The blisters require de-roofing to avoid infection.
