Conditions 2

Question 1

Acondoplastic dwarfism

Answer 1

congenital skeletal malformation caused by genetic disorder in converting cartilage to bone

Question 2

endogenous obesity

Answer 2

excess amounts of adrenocorticotropic hormone causes crushing syndrome characterized by weight gain and edema with central trunk and cervical obesity

Question 3

Acromegaly hyperpituitarism

Answer 3

excess secretion of growth hormones in adulthood after normal completion of body growth causes overgrowth

Question 4

gigantism

Answer 4

excessive secretion of growth hormones by the insured anterior to atere results in overgrowth of entire body

Question 5

Hypopituitary dwarfism

Answer 5

deficiency in growth hormone in childhood results in developmental delays of growth

Question 6

Purpuric lesions

Answer 6

Caused by blood flowwing out of breaks in vessels

Petechiae
Purpura

Question 7

Telangiectases

Answer 7

blood vessel on the skin surface caused by vasucal dilation

Spider or star angioma
Venous lake

Question 8

Hemangiomas

Vascular lesions

Answer 8

Benign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis

Port-wine stain (nevus flammeus)
Strawberry mark (immature hemangioma)
Cavernous hemangioma (mature)

Question 9

harlequin colour change

Answer 9

occurs when the baby is in a sideline position. Lower half of the body turns red upper half blanches with the distinct lying down the midline

Question 10

erythema toxicum

Answer 10

common rash that appears in the first three to four days of life consists of tiny punctate red macules and palpates on the cheeks chest back and buttox

Question 11

acrocyanosis

Answer 11

bluish colour around the lips on the hands fingernails feet and toenails

Question 12

cutis marmorata

Answer 12

transit molting in the trunk and extremities in response to cooler room temperatures

Question 13

storkbite

Answer 13

salmon patch is a flat regularly shaped red or pink patch found on the forehead eyelid or upper lip both most commonly at the back of the neck

Question 14

milia

Answer 14

tiny white papules on the cheeks forehead and across the nose and chin caused by sebum that includes the opening of the follicles

Question 15

carotenemia

Answer 15

produces a yellow orange colour in light skinned persons but no yellowing in the sclera or mucosa membranes

Question 16

striae

Answer 16

jagged linear stretch marks coloured silver to pink that occur during the 2nd trimester on the abdomen breast and thighs

Question 17

vascular spiders

Answer 17

occur in 2/3 of all pregnancies are lesions that have tiny red centres with radiating branches and occur on the face neck upper arms and chest

Question 18

senile lentigines

Answer 18

liver spots small flat brown macules that are common variations of hyper pigmentation

Question 19

keratoses

Answer 19

lesions that are raised thickened areas of pigmentation that look crusty scaly and warty

Question 20

acrochordons

Answer 20

skin tags overgrowths of normal skin

Question 21

sebaceous hyperplasia

Answer 21

raised yellow papules with a centre depression