Chapter 16 Dermatologic Diseases Flashcards
What is a group of inherited conditions in which two or more ectodermal derived anatomic structures fail to develop?
-Ectodermal dysplasia
What are some common things that fail to develop in ectodermal dysplasia?
- Skin
- Hair
- Nails
- Teeth
- Sweta glands
What is the best known type of Ectodermal Dysplasia?
-Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
T/F Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is an X-linked female predominant disease
False
-Male predominant
What type of hair does a person with hyphohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia?
- Fine
- Sparse hair
What are the shape of teeth in someone with ectodermal dysplasia?
-Conical shaped
What is white sponge nevus?
-Genodermatosis a genetically determined skin disorder
White sponge nevus has a defect in what keratins?
- 4
- 13
T/F White sponge nevus is autosomal recessive
False
-Autosomal dominant
What age do white sponge nevus lesions appear first?
-Birth or early childhood
What does a white sponge nevus look like?
-Symmetrical thickened white corrugated diffuse plaque on the bilateral buccal mucosa
Where do you see a Warty Dyskeratoma?
-Skin or oral mucosa
What is Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome characterized by?
- Freckle-like lesions of the hands, perioral skin and oral mucosa
- Intestinal polyposis
- Predisposition for affected patients to develop cancer
If the intestinal polyps are premalignant what syndrome is that associated with?
-Gardner’s syndrome
Patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome have a problem with intestinal obstruction due to what?
-Intussusception