Dermatological Disorders

Question 1

A well demarcated erythematous plaque with silvery scales

Answer 1

Psoriasis

Question 2

Blossoming of red/pink/brown scaly patches at trunk and proximal extremities with Christmas tree distribution

Answer 2

Pityriasis Rosea

Question 3

Pruritic flat topped violaceous papules

Answer 3

Lichen Planus

Question 4

Chronic pruritic eczematous eruption

Affects all age groups but very common in childhood, requires moisturization

Answer 4

Atopic dermatitis

Question 5

Inflammatory reaction of the skin to some external stimulus

Answer 5

Contact dermatitis

Question 6

White or yellow scale, flaky, background erythema, may or may not be pruritic

Answer 6

Seborrheic Dermatitis

Question 7

Small vesicles, very pruritic, diffuse peeling after a flare. Occurs in areas of high moisture

Answer 7

Dyshidrotic eczema

Question 8

Erythematous round patches usually in one spot

Answer 8

Nummular eczema

Question 9

Occurs on the lower legs secondary to vascular disease

Answer 9

Stasis dermatitis

Question 10

Occurs because of patient picking

Answer 10

Neurodermatitis

Question 11

Chronic itch scratch cycle

Answer 11

Lichen Simplex Chronicus

Question 12

Sharply define tan to black lesion, accompanied by mild pruritis if irritated

Answer 12

Seborrheic Keratosis

Question 13

Scaly, flaky, rough lesions occurring on face, ears, scalp, forearms, chest accompanied by cutaneous horn

Answer 13

Actinic keratosis

Question 14

A sore that does not heal, a pearly shiny bump, a scar like appearance, or a red scaly crusted patch

Answer 14

Basal cell skin cancer

Question 15

Thick rough horn like lesion, wart like sore, or irregular rough red patch that persists. Can arise on skin that has been injured, such as burns, scars, long standing sores

Answer 15

Squamous cell skin cancer

Question 16

Most common type of melanoma

Answer 16

Superficial spreading

Question 17

Melanoma involving elderly, chronically damaged skin

Answer 17

Lentigo malgina

Question 18

Melanoma under the nails or palms of hands, soles of feet

Answer 18

Acral lentiginous

Question 19

Melanoma that starts invasive, trunk, legs, arms, scalp of men

Answer 19

Nodular melanoma

Question 20

Begins as discrete red or purple patches, become elevated and evolve into nodules and plaques

Answer 20

Kaposi sarcoma

Question 21

Tense bullae arise on any part of the skin surface, with a predilection for the flexural areas of the skin

Answer 21

Bullous Pemphigoid

Question 22

Presents with target lesions-Clear center with erythematous rings

Answer 22

Erythema Multiforme

Question 23

Characterized by blisters, epidermal detachment, and epidermal necrosis

Answer 23

Stevens Johnson Syndrome

Question 24

Widespread erythema, necrosis, and bullous detachment of the epidermis and mucous membranes on >30% BSA

Answer 24

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Question 25

Chronic inflammatory and neurovascular condition

Answer 25

Rosacea

Question 26

Symmetrical hyperpigmented velvety plaques

Answer 26

Acanthosis nigricans

Question 27

Disorder of the terminal follicular epithelium in the apocrine gland bearing skin, starts as erythema, to papules, to abcess, to scarring

Answer 27

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Question 28

Benign subcutaneous fatty tumors

Answer 28

Lipomas

Question 29

Proliferation of epidermal cells within a circumscribed space in the dermis, leads to flesh colored firm round nodule

Answer 29

Epidermal inclusion cyst

Question 30

Hypermelanosis of sun exposed skin

Answer 30

Melasma

Question 31

Melanocyte destruction leading to depigmented macules or patches

Answer 31

Vitiligo

Question 32

Raised well circumscribed wheal of erythema and edema

Answer 32

Urticaria

Question 33

An area of unrelieved pressure over a defined area, usually over a bony prominence, resulting in ischemia, cell death, and tissue necrosis

Answer 33

Pressure ulcers

Question 34

A cyst that occurs near the tailbone at the top of the cleft of the buttocks

Answer 34

Pilondal disease

Question 35

Fungal infection of the nails

Answer 35

Onychomycosis

Question 36

Soft tissue infection that occurs around the fingernail

Answer 36

Paronychia

Question 37

Recurrent non scarring alopecia that can affect any hair bearing area

Answer 37

Alopecia areata

Question 38

Gradual conversion of terminal hairs to indeterminate hairs to vellus hairs; genetic baldness

Answer 38

Androgenetic alopecia

Question 39

Parasite that produces an irritating saliva, leading to pruritis

Answer 39

Lice

Question 40

Parasitic infection presenting with itching, popular rash, and burrows

Answer 40

Scabies

Question 41

Spider bite with central induration with a zone of ischemia and zone of erythema

Answer 41

Brown recluse spider

Question 42

Painful cramps spread from bite, leading to rigidity and pain

Answer 42

Black widow spider

Question 43

Superficial pustule that ruptures and forms a yellow brown honey colored crust

Answer 43

Impetigo

Question 44

A fiery-red, hot, indurated, tense, shiny plaque with abrupt demarcation

Answer 44

Erysipelas

Question 45

Red patch with swelling erythema, and pain on lower extremities. Can expand to fever, chills, malaise

Answer 45

Cellulitis

Question 46

Finely scaly patches that are usually pink or white

Answer 46

Tinea versicolor

Question 47

Servere pruritis, denuded, beefy red skin, white curd-like collections of mucusa.

Answer 47

Candidiasis

Question 48

Grouped vesicles that occur in a unilateral dermatomal pattern

Answer 48

Herpes Zoster

Question 49

Umbilicated dome shaped pink papulales normally found in children

Answer 49

Molluscum Contagiosum

Question 50

Warts

Answer 50

Verrucae