Buzzwords

Question 1

thin skin, telangectasia, infections

Answer 1

steroid SE

Question 2

skin prick

Answer 2

type i hypersensitivity

Question 3

patch test

Answer 3

type iv hypersensitivity

Question 4

straight light on immunofluoresence

Answer 4

bullus pemphigoid

Question 5

mesh/chicken wire on immunofluoresence

Answer 5

pemphigus

Question 6

dermotomal pattern

Answer 6

shingles zoster

Question 7

golden crust

Answer 7

impetigo

Question 8

cells which migrate from the neural crest -> epidermis

Answer 8

melanocytes

Question 9

dendritic APC in epidermis

Answer 9

langherhan’s cell

Question 10

cell involved in vit d synthesis

Answer 10

keratinocyte

Question 11

mechanoreceptor in basal layer

Answer 11

merkel cell

Question 12

cell producing collagen

Answer 12

fibroblast

Question 13

vibration receptors in dermis

Answer 13

meissner’s corpuscles

Question 14

pressure receptors in subcutis

Answer 14

pacinian corpuscles

Question 15

young, itchy vesicular rash on buttocks & extensor surfaces

Answer 15

dermatitis herpetiformis

Question 16

white lacey pattern on buccal mucosa

Answer 16

lichen planus

Question 17

itchy rash at recent scar + mucous membrane involvement

Answer 17

lichen planus

Question 18

lichen planus treatment

Answer 18

corticosteroids

Question 19

5 y.o. itchy symmetrical flexural rash, atopy, excoriations, lichenification

Answer 19

atopic dermatitis

Question 20

nursing home; intensely itchy wrists/elbows

Answer 20

scabies

Question 21

cancer; continuous sun exposure e.g. army

Answer 21

scc

Question 22

cancer; intense sun exposure e.g. sun beds

Answer 22

bcc

Question 23

lentigo maligna

Answer 23

superficial melanoma

Question 24

marjolin’s ucler

Answer 24

scc at burn site

Question 25

stuck on pigmented lesion

Answer 25

basal cell papilloma

Question 26

scaly erythematous lesion on old woman's leg

Answer 26

bowen's disease

Question 27

pearly ulcer

Answer 27

bcc

Question 28

central rodent ulcer

Answer 28

bcc

Question 29

irregular sawtooth acanthosis

Answer 29

lichen planus

Question 30

exclamation mark hairs

Answer 30

alopecia areata

Question 31

teardrop like lesions

Answer 31

guttate psoriasis

Question 32

tombstone basal cells

Answer 32

pemphigus

Question 33

fish like scaley skin

Answer 33

ithycosis

Question 34

herald patch

Answer 34

pityriasis rosea

Question 35

Monomorphic punched out lesions

Answer 35

eczema herpeticum

Question 36

greasy horn cysts

Answer 36

seborrhoeic keratosis

Question 37

picket fencing

Answer 37

dermatitis herpetiformis

Question 38

cauliflower appearance

Answer 38

wart

Question 39

looks fluid filled but is solid

Answer 39

molluscum contagiosum

Question 40

heliotropic rash

Answer 40

dermatomyositis