Dermatology Flashcards
What is pomphoylx?
Type of eczema affecting hands and feet
What exacerbates pomphoylx?
Humidity and high temperatures
Features of pompholyx
Small blisters on palms and soles
Pruritic
Management of pompholyx
Cool compress, emollients, topical steroids
What exacerbates psoriasis (4)?
Trauma,
Alcohol,
Drugs (beta blockers, lithium, antimalarials, NSAIDs and ACEi)
Withdrawal of systemic steroids
What is seborrhoeic dermatitis?
Chronic dermatitis caused by a fungal infection
Features of seborrhoeic dermatitis
Eczematous lesions on sebum rich areas
Otitis externa and blepharitis
Associations of seborrhoeic dermatitis
HIV
Parkinson’s
Management of seborrhoeic dermatitis (scalp)
OTC zinc pyrithione
Ketoconazole
Topical steroids
Management of seborrhoeic dermatitis (face and body)
Topical antifungals
Topical steroids
SCC: RF (6)
Excessive UV exposure Actinic keratoses and Bowen's Immunosuppression Smoking Chronic ulcers
SCC: Management (<20mm)
Surgical excision with 4mm margin
SCC: Management (>20mm)
Surgical excision with 6mm margin
SCC: management (high risk)
Mohs micrographic surgery
What is bullous pemphigoid?
Autoimmune condition causing sub-epidermal blistering of skin
Antibodies in bullous pemphigoid
Hemidesmosomal proteins
Bullous pemphogoid: features
Itchy tense blisters around flexures
Heal without scarring
No mucosal involvement
Bullous pemphogoid: biopsy
IgG and C3 at dermoepidermal junction
Bullous pemphogoid: Management
Oral corticosteroids
Defect in uroprophyyrinogen decarboxylase causes what?
porphyria cutanea tarda
Features of porphyria cutanea tarda
Photosensitive rash with blistering and skin fragility
Hypertrichosis
Hyperpigementation
porphyria cutanea tarda: investigations
Urine: uroporphyrinogen and pink fluorescence under Wood’s lamp
porphyria cutanea tarda: management
Chloroquine
Venesection
What is hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia?
AD condition with multiple telangiectasia over skin and mucous membranes
Diagnostic criteria for hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
- epistaxis
- telangiectases
- visceral lesions (GI, pulmonary, hepatic, cerebral, spinal AVM)
- FH
Pyoderma gangrenosum: features
Lower limbs
Small red papule initially
Later deep, red, necrotic ulcers with violaceous border
Pyoderma gangrenosum: causes
LIMPS Lymphomas Idiopathic, IBD Myeloproliferative disorders, Monocloncal gammopathy PBC SLE, RA
Pyoderma gangrenosum: management
PO steroids
What is erythema nodosum?
Tender, erythematous nodular lesions over shins
Causes of erythema nodosum
NODOSUM NO cause Drugs (penicillins, sulphonamides, COCP) OCP UC, Crohn's Behcets Micro (strep, TB)
Pretibial Myxodema
Symmetrical, erythematous lesions seen in Grave’s
Shiny, orange peel skin
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
Shiny painless yellow/red skin typically in diabetics
SCC: features
Pearly, flesh coloured papule with telangeictasia
SCC: management
Removal, curettage, cryotherapy, topical creams, radiotherapy
What is systemic mastocytosis?
Results from neoplastic proliferation of mast cells
Features of systemic mastocytosis
Urticaria pigementosa (wheal on rubbing)
Flushing
Abdo pain
Monocytosis
systemic mastocytosis diagnosis
raised serum tryptase levels
Urinary histamine
Keloid scars: RF
- dark skin
- young adults
Keloid scars: Mx
- Intra-lesional steroids
- Excision
Causes of hypertrichosis
- Drugs (minoxidil, ciclosporin, diazoxide)
- Congenital
- Porphyria cutaena tarda
- Anorexia nervosa
Vitiligo: associations
T1DM, addison’s, autoimmune thyroid, pernicious anaemia, alopecia areta
Keratoacanthoma: features
Smooth dome shaped papule
Grows to become a crater filled with keratin