Derm

Question 1

What is a furuncle?

Answer 1

aka boil; acute, round, tender circumscribed follicular abscess that generally ends in central suppuration.
Lesions begin in hair follicles and continue for a prolonged period through autoinoculation.,

Question 2

What is a carbuncle?

Answer 2

a collection of multiple confluent furuncles with separate follicular ostia.
It is a painful, erythematous, edematous, multiple headed plaque.
undergo central necrosis and rupture onto the skin, discharing purulent, necrotic debris.
common sites are the name of the neck, axillae, and buttocks.

Question 3

erythema nodosum

Answer 3

tender, erythematous, subcutaneous nodules symmetrically distributed on the lower legs

assocaited with sarcoidosis, and IBD (UC/Chrohns)

SORE SHINS (Streptococci, OCP, Rickettsia, Eponymous (Bechet), Sulfonamides, Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy), IBD, NHL, Sarcoidosis.