Derm Qs

Question 1

stuck on and benign?

Answer 1

1Seborrheic keratoses

Question 2

Pitted keratolysis is caused by? First line treatment?

Answer 2

superficial bacterial infection, and first-line treatment is clindamycin lotion or erythromycin lotion

Question 3

Telogen effluvium? Most commonly seen in?

Answer 3

diffuse, nonscarring alopecia that is usually triggered by a systemically stressful event

women in the postpartum period

Question 4

Condylomata acuminata that is recalcitrant to therapy - next step?

Answer 4

biopsy

Question 5

Worsens Hidradenitis suppurativa? Treatment?

Answer 5

Smoking

Oral tetracyclines + intralesional injections of triamcinolone

Question 6

Dermatomyositis is associated with an increased risk of?

Answer 6

Interstitial lung disease

Question 7

malignancy most strongly associated with pruritis?

Answer 7

Hodgkin lymphoma

Question 8

Patients with SCLE are often positive for this marker?

Answer 8

Anti-Ro/SSA

Question 9

Hepatitis C virus testing is indicated for patients with this skin finding? Most commonly presents where?

Answer 9

lichen planus

flexural surfaces, especially the wrists and ankles.

Question 10

Necrobiosis lipoidica - presents as? Associated with?

Answer 10

atrophic, orange-colored patches often associated with visible vasculature

later stage DM

Question 11

Erythroderma is most often due?

Answer 11

uncontrolled existing dermatosis such as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, graft-versus-host disease, psoriasis, or pityriasis rubra pilaris

Question 12

Sweet syndrome AKA?

Ususally caused by?

Treatment?

Answer 12

acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

granulocyte colony-stimulating factors OR AML/MDS

Steroids

Question 13

pruritic papules on the chest and face in a pt with HIV?

Biopsy will show?

Answer 13

eosinophilic pustular folliculitis

eosinophilic infiltrate in the hair

Question 14

differentiate between HSV1, HSV2, and varicella infections?

Answer 14

direct-fluorescent antibody and PCR

Question 15

urticarial plaques with tense bullae often on the trunk and upper legs

CBC may show?

Answer 15

Bullous pemphigoid

eosinophillia

Question 16

superficial intraepidermal, flaccid bullae, which are often easily ruptured with a crust?

Answer 16

Pemphigus foliaceus

Question 17

darkening of the skin, hypertrichosis, and fragility of the skin seen in?

Answer 17

porphyria cutanea tarda

Question 18

Utricarial rash, joint pain, and fevers?

Answer 18

Urticarial vasculitis

Question 19

Atopic dermatitis with new pustules and skin breakdown?

Answer 19

Staph Aureus infection

Question 20

standard therapy for acne and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation?

Answer 20

Topical Retinoids

Question 21

Vasculitic lesions are nonblanchable or blanchable?

Answer 21

non-blanchable

Question 22

treat dermatitis herpetiformis with?

Answer 22

dapsone + gluten-free diet

Question 23

frst-line systemic treatment for patients with chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus?

Answer 23

Hydroxycholorquine