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Dermatology Flashcards

1
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What are 1st degree burns?

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Red (epidermis)

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What are 2nd degree burns?

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Blisters (hypodermis)

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What are 3rd degree burns?

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Painless neuropathy (dermis)

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What disease have palm and sole rash?

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"TRiCKSSS" 
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Rocky mountain spotted fever
Coxsackie A: Hand-Foot-Mouth disease
Kawasaki
Scarlet fever
Staph Scaled Skin
Syphilis
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What is Erythema Multiforme?

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Target lesions (viral, drugs)

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What is Stevens Johnson syndrome?

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Erythema Multiforme Major (mouth, eye, vagina)

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What is Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis?

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Stevens Johnson w/skin sloughing

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What is Pemphigus Vulgaris?

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Ab against desmosones=> circular immunofluoresence, in epidermis, oral lesions, + Nikolsky sign

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What is Bullous Pemphigoid?

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Ab against hemidesmosomes => linear immunofluorescence, subepidermal, “floating” keratinocyytes, eosinophils

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What is Eczema?

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Dry flaky dermatitis in flexor creases “itch that rashes”

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What is Nummular dermatitis?

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Circular eczema

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What is Spongiotic eczema?

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Weeping eczema: scratching causes oozing “like a sponge”

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What is Lichenification?

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Scratching => thick leathery skin

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What is Pityriasis Rosea?

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Herald patch that follows skin lines (Tx: sunlight) “C mass tree pattern”

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What is Lichen Planus?

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Polygonal pruritic purple papules

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What is Scabies?

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Linear excoriation “burrows” in webs of fingers, toes, belt line (Sarcoptes feces)

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17
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What does UV-A cause?

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Aging

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18
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What does UV-B cause?

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Burns and cancer

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What are the ABCD’s that indicate worse prognosis of skin cancer?

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Assmetric
Irregular Borders
Color differences
> 4mm Diameter

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What does the Clark level tell you?

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Invasion of melanoma

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21
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What does Breslow’s classification tell you?

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Depth of melanoma

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22
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Where are Malignant Melanomas usually found?

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Males: back
Females: leg

23
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What is the precursor od a Malgnant Melanoma?

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Hutchison’s freckle

24
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What are the types of Malignant Melanomas?

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Superficial spreading: most common, flat brown
Nodular: worst prognosis, black, dome shape
Lentigo maligna melanoma: elderly pts, fair-skin
Acral lentigous: AIDS pts, dark skin

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Where are Squamous cell carcnomas usually found?

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Flat flaky stuff on lower face, keratin pearls

26
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What is the precursor of Squamous Cell carcinoma?

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Actinic keratosis (red scaly plaque)

27
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What are the types of Squamous Cell carcinoma?

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Bowen’s disease: SCC in situ on uncircumcised penis dorsum

Verrucous carcinoma: wart on foot

28
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Where are Basal Cell carcinomas usually found?

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Pearly papules on upper face, palisading nuclei, good prognosis

29
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What are the types of Basal Cell carcinomas?

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Nodular: waxy nodule w/ central necrosis
Superficial: red scaly plaques,mlike eczema
Pigmented: looks like melanoma
Sclerosing: yellow waxy plaques

30
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What is Acne Rosacea?

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Blush all the time, worse w/ stress/ alcohol

31
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What is a Brown Recluse Spider Bite?

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Painful black necrotic lesion

32
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What is Cellulitis?

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Warm red leg

33
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What is a Cutaneous Anthrax?

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Painless black necrotic lesion

34
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What is a Decubitus Ulcer?

35
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What is a DVT?

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Blood clot in veins, associated w/ hypercoagulable state

36
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What is Erysipelas?

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Shiny red, raised, does not blanch, usually on face, associated w/Strep pyogenes

37
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What is Icthyosis?

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Gradual lizard skin

38
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What is Miliaria?

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“Heat rash”: burning, itching papules on trunk

39
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What is Molluscum Contagiosum?

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Fleshy papules w/ central dimple, pox virus (STD)

40
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What is Psoriasis?

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Silver scales on extensors, nail pitting, differentiated too fast, worse w/ stress

  • Auspitz sign: remove scale => pinpoint bleeding
  • Koebner’s phenomenon: lesions at sites of skin trauma
41
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What is a pyogenic granuloma?

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Vascular nodule at site of previous injury

42
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What is a Seborrheic Dermatitis?

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Dandruff in eyebrows, nose, behind ears

43
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What is Seborrheic Keratosis?

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Rubbery warts with aging, greasy

44
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What is Thrombophlebitis?

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Vein inflammation w/ thrombus

45
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What is Vitiligo?

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White patches, anti melanocyte Ab

46
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What is Xeroderma Pigmentosa?

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Bad DNA repair

47
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What is Erythema Chronic Migrans?

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Lyme disease (solitary lesion that spreads)

48
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Whatbis Erythema Infectiosum?

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Fifth disease “slaped cheeks” due to Parvovirus B19

49
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What is Erythema Marginatum?

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Rheumatic fever (red margins)

50
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What is Erythema Multiforme?

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Target lesions due to HSV, Phenytoin, Barbs, Sulfas

51
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What is Erythema Multiforme Major?

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Stevens Johnson syndrome (>1 mucosal surface)

52
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What is Erythema Nodosum?

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Fat inflammation (painful red nodules on legs), sarcoidosis

53
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What is Erythema Toxicum?

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Newborn benign rash (looks like flea bites w/ eosinophils)

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