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Dermatological Disorders Flashcards

1
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A well demarcated erythematous plaque with silvery scales

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Psoriasis

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

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Pityriasis Rosea

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Pruritic flat topped violaceous papules

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Lichen Planus

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Chronic pruritic eczematous eruption

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

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Atopic dermatitis

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5
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Inflammatory reaction of the skin to some external stimulus

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Contact dermatitis

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

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Seborrheic Dermatitis

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

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Dyshidrotic eczema

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Erythematous round patches usually in one spot

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Nummular eczema

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9
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Occurs on the lower legs secondary to vascular disease

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Stasis dermatitis

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10
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Occurs because of patient picking

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Neurodermatitis

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Chronic itch scratch cycle

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Lichen Simplex Chronicus

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

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Seborrheic Keratosis

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

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Actinic keratosis

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14
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A sore that does not heal, a pearly shiny bump, a scar like appearance, or a red scaly crusted patch

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Basal cell skin cancer

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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

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Squamous cell skin cancer

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Most common type of melanoma

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Superficial spreading

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17
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Melanoma involving elderly, chronically damaged skin

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Lentigo malgina

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

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Acral lentiginous

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

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Nodular melanoma

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

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Kaposi sarcoma

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21
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Tense bullae arise on any part of the skin surface, with a predilection for the flexural areas of the skin

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Bullous Pemphigoid

22
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Presents with target lesions-Clear center with erythematous rings

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Erythema Multiforme

23
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Characterized by blisters, epidermal detachment, and epidermal necrosis

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Stevens Johnson Syndrome

24
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Widespread erythema, necrosis, and bullous detachment of the epidermis and mucous membranes on >30% BSA

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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

25
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Chronic inflammatory and neurovascular condition

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Rosacea

26
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Symmetrical hyperpigmented velvety plaques

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Acanthosis nigricans

27
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Disorder of the terminal follicular epithelium in the apocrine gland bearing skin, starts as erythema, to papules, to abcess, to scarring

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Hidradenitis Suppurativa

28
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Benign subcutaneous fatty tumors

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Lipomas

29
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Proliferation of epidermal cells within a circumscribed space in the dermis, leads to flesh colored firm round nodule

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Epidermal inclusion cyst

30
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Hypermelanosis of sun exposed skin

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Melasma

31
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Melanocyte destruction leading to depigmented macules or patches

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Vitiligo

32
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Raised well circumscribed wheal of erythema and edema

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Urticaria

33
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An area of unrelieved pressure over a defined area, usually over a bony prominence, resulting in ischemia, cell death, and tissue necrosis

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Pressure ulcers

34
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A cyst that occurs near the tailbone at the top of the cleft of the buttocks

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Pilondal disease

35
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Fungal infection of the nails

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Onychomycosis

36
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Soft tissue infection that occurs around the fingernail

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Paronychia

37
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Recurrent non scarring alopecia that can affect any hair bearing area

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Alopecia areata

38
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Gradual conversion of terminal hairs to indeterminate hairs to vellus hairs; genetic baldness

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Androgenetic alopecia

39
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Parasite that produces an irritating saliva, leading to pruritis

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Lice

40
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Parasitic infection presenting with itching, popular rash, and burrows

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Scabies

41
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Spider bite with central induration with a zone of ischemia and zone of erythema

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Brown recluse spider

42
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Painful cramps spread from bite, leading to rigidity and pain

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Black widow spider

43
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Superficial pustule that ruptures and forms a yellow brown honey colored crust

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Impetigo

44
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A fiery-red, hot, indurated, tense, shiny plaque with abrupt demarcation

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Erysipelas

45
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Red patch with swelling erythema, and pain on lower extremities. Can expand to fever, chills, malaise

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Cellulitis

46
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Finely scaly patches that are usually pink or white

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Tinea versicolor

47
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Servere pruritis, denuded, beefy red skin, white curd-like collections of mucusa.

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Candidiasis

48
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Grouped vesicles that occur in a unilateral dermatomal pattern

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Herpes Zoster

49
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Umbilicated dome shaped pink papulales normally found in children

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Molluscum Contagiosum

50
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Warts

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Verrucae

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