Ch. 16: Acne Vulgaris and Rosacea

Question 1

T or F: Certain drugs used to treat tuberculosis, seizure disorders, or steroid-dependent chronic illness or depression may cause a drug-induced acneiform rash?

Answer 1

True:
Corticosteroids (chronic inflammatory conditions)
Isoniazid (tuberculosis)
Lithium (depression)
Phenytoin (seizure disorder)
Trimethadione (seizure disorder)

Question 2

Drug-induced acne should be suspected when all lesions are in the same or a different stage (e.g., the lesions are uniformly all pustules or all open comedones), covering the face, chest, trunk, arms, and legs?

Answer 2

Same stage

Question 3

What is the term for acne which may be exacerbated in teenagers and adults whose skin is exposed to oily agents, such as makeup, oil-based sunscreen, and oil-based hair products that come in contact with the forehead and temporal regions of the face?

Answer 3

Pomade acne

Question 4

This is the term for acne resulting from tight-fitting clothes, such as football helmets and hatbands, is found over the skin rubbed by the clothes.

Answer 4

Friction acne

Question 5

T or F: Exposure to animal-, vegetable-, and petroleum-based oils used in workplaces such as fast food restaurants and automotive garages may also exacerbate acne.

Answer 5

True:

Although eating French fries may not cause acne, cooking them may make the acne worse.

Question 6

Women with a history of menstrual irregularities, hirsutism, and treatment-resistant acne should be evaluated for this androgen excess associated with disease.

Answer 6

Polycystic ovarian disease

Question 7

T or F: Acne is infectious?

Answer 7

False:
Although Propionibacterium acnes, an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium, is present as normal flora in the pilosebaceous follicle, acne vulgaris is not an infectious entity.