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Dermatology Flashcards

1
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What is ‘champaign bottle leg’?
Cause
Presentation
Treatment

A

Lipodermosclerosis
Venous insufficiency causing fibrosis
Pigmented tight and hard skin, usually lower leg. Painful
Compression stockings,vein surgery, pain relief

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What is the presentation of chronic atopic eczema?

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Erythemous dry crusty flaky skin. Itchy.

Located on flexor surfaces, face, hands

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How does acute or exacerbated atopic eczema differ from chronic?

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Weeping and exudate

Vesicles and bullae

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Complications of atopic eczema?

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Broken skin becoming infected - appears like impertigo
Viral warts
Conjunctival irritation
Erythroderma

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In a child with atopic eczema what may show on blood tests?

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Eosinophilia

High IgE

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Prognosis of eczema in early childhood?

Prognosis of eczema in adolecence or adulthood

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Childhood - most clears by aged 6 or early teens

Adulthood - tends to follow relapsing remitting course

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Behavioural management of atopic eczema?

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Avoid irritants - soaps, animals, wool

Avoid getting too hot

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Early medical management of atopic eczema?

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Emollients

Steroid creams

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What steroid creams should be used in early eczema?

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Face - mild - hydrocrotisone
Body - mod - clobetasone
Soles and palms - strong - betamethasone

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If steroid cremes are ineffective at dealing with atopic eczema at their recommended dose what can be done next? Assume effect on quality of life.

A

Oral steroids
UV phototherapy
Ciclosporin/azothioprine

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What other sorts of eczema are there except atopic?

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Discoid
Hand
Seborrhoeic
Contact

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Where does seborrheic eczema tend to effect?

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Side of nose, eyebrows, scalp, trunk

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What sort of eczema should mild steroids be used as a preventative rather than reliever?

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Seborrhoeic

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What is psoriasis?

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Polygenetic disorder causing hyperproliferation of the skin with inflammation

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How does psoriasis present?

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Well demarcated pink/red scaly plaques.
Extensor surfaces
Nail pitting - onycolysis - yellow discoloration

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16
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Psoriasis treatment

A 
Emollients 
Mild topical steroid creams
Vit d3 analogue 
Tar
UVB 
Methotrexate 
Biological agents
17
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Risk of vit d creams in psoriasis?

A

If used in extensive psoriasis can cause hypercalcemia

18
Q

Complications of psoriasis

A

Erthyroderma

Arthritis

19
Q

Types of psoriaisis and differences in presentation

A

Plaque - classic
Flexure psoriasis - flexures, no scaling
Guttate psoriasis - small teardrop lesions on trunk post URTI
Pustular psoriasis - widespread, systemic symptoms, pustules

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