Clinical Perspectives in Skin Changes Flashcards
What type of rash is associated with Measles?
Brick red, irregular, maculopapular
When does a measles rash appear?
How does it progress?
1) 3-4 days after onset of prodrome
2) Starts on face, moves down/out, and ends in palms and soles
What is the key pathognomonic feature of measles?
Koplik spots on buccal mucosa
What are some severe complications of measles?
Pneumonia and encephalomyelitis
Where does the classic maculopapular rash present in an adult patient with measles?
Mostly on face and neck with more sparseness to trunk
In children, erythema infectiosum is characterized by what classic appearance?
What other facial feature do we see?
There is a subsequent lacy, maculopapular, evanescent rash most commonly where?
Where is pruritus most affecting?
How is the fever?
1) Red “slapped cheek” appearance
2) Pale around mouth (Circumoral pallor)
3) Trunk and limbs
4) Palms and soles
5) Mild
What is one of the most common causes of myocarditis in childhood?
Parvovirus
Symptoms of parvovirus B19 infection can mimic those of autoimmune states, such as?
1) SLE
2) Systemic sclerosis
3) Antiphospholipid syndrome
4) RA
What rickettsial infection causes erythematous macules, abdominal pain mimicking appendicitis, conjunctival injection, palatal petechiae, edema of dorsal hands, and calf pain?
Ehrlichiosis
Ehrlichiosis can affect what different systems?
1) Respiratory
2) Neurologic
3) Renal
4) Heart (pericarditis)
What classic finding do we see in Lyme disease?
Erythema migrans
What occurs during stage 1 of Lyme disease?
Erythema migrans progresses into bullseye lesion
Concomitant viral-like illness develops in most Lyme disease patients and is characterized by?
Myalgia, arthralgia, headache, fatigue
What occurs during stage 2 of Lyme disease?
1) Bacteremia
2) Secondary skin lesions that are similar to primary lesions but smaller
When does Lyme stage 2, the early disseminated infection stage occur?
When does stage 3 occur?
1) Weeks to months later
2) Months to years later
In about 4-10% of patients, how can Lyme disease affect the heart?
Myopericarditis, with atrial or ventricular arrhythmias and heart block
What is the classical manifestation that occurs in stage 3 of Lyme disease?
Arthritis of knee or other large weight-bearing joints
What is the common manifestation of EBV and may occur at any age?
Mononucleosis
What test is used for Mononucleosis?
Heterophile agglutination test (Monospot)
What are common physical findings of mononucleosis?
1) LAD especially posterior cervical chain
2) Upper lid edema (Hoagland sign)
3) Splenomegaly
What group of bacteria is syphilis in?
What is the specific bacteria that causes it?
1) Spirochete
2) Treponema pallidum
What are the primary lesions seen in the early (infectious) syphilis state?
Chancre and regional LAD
What cardiovascular disease do we see in the late syphilis stage?
Aortitis
What type of lesions are found on the skin and mucous membranes in secondary syphilis?
Condylomata lata
What Coxsackievirus infection causes stomatitis, vesicular rashes, and nail dystrophies and onychomadesis?
Hand foot mouth disease
What Coxsackievirus infection causes sudden onset fevers, headaches, myalgias, and petechiae on soft palate that ulcerate?
Herpangina
What is the hallmark of HFMD?
Development of a vesicular eruption on the palms and soles
In HFMD, the vesicles quickly erode and form?
Yellow to gray, oval erosions surrounded by an erythematous halo