Derm Flashcards
6 types of arthritis associated with psoriasis
- Monoarthiritis
- Arthritis mutilans
- Dactylitis
- Distal asymmetrical oligoarthritis
- Symmetrical polyarthritis (RhA)
- Spondylitis
Gluttate psoriasis is associated with what
Streptococcal inventions
Tx for glutamate psoriasis
Resolves spontaneously usually
Erythrodermic psoriasis
Triggers and complications
Triggers: drugs, infections, low calcium, withdrawal from steroids
Complications: dehydration, HF, hypothermia, infection, death!
Erythrodermic Psoriasis Tx
Hospitalisation
IV fluids
Temperature regulation
Emollients
Central ulceration
BCC
Malignant melanoma diagnosis and staging
- Dermatoscope
- Excise with 2-3mm margins
- Pathological diagnosis –> immunohistochemical stains
Staging: breslows thickness
Keratinocytes proliferation
SCC
In situs SSC
Bowens disease non malignant
Small pimple, but with hard keratinous core
Keratocanthoma
This is v rapidly growing and regressing
SSC
Sometimes have cutaneous horn. Main RF: solar keratinosis
Grow over a few weeks, may ulcerate and are tender to touch
5 conditions with erythema nodosum
IBD Sarcoidosis Bechets TB Strep throat
Pyoderma gangrenosum is associated with
IBD
Dermatitis herpetiformis is associated with and presents where on the body
- Coeliac
- buttock, elbows and lower back
Causes of erythema multi forms
- Infection - HSV, mycoplasma
2. Drugs -Abxs and NSAIDs