Dermatology

Question 1

Treatment of choice for mild inflammatory acne

Answer 1

Topical retinoids

Question 2

Psoriatic patients have an increased risk of ______ syndrome

Answer 2

Metabolic syndrome

Question 3

Classic form of psoriatic arthritis

Answer 3

Distal interphalangeal predominant form

Question 4

Oral glucocorticoids should not be used in psoriasis due to the potential for development of ______ when discontinued

Answer 4

Life-threatening pustular psoriasis

Question 5

Indicated treatment for stasis dermatitis

Answer 5

Leg elevation and compression stockings

Question 6

A dishwasher presents with very pruritic small papules and vesicles over the thenar, hypothenar areas, and the sides of her fingers. What is the diagnosis?

Answer 6

Dyshidrotic edema

Question 7

Treatment for seborrheic dermatitis (3)

Answer 7

Low potency topical corticosteroid
Topical antifungal
Anti-dandruff shampoo

Question 8

Most appropriate diagnostic test for suspected SJS/TEN

Answer 8

Frozen section skin biopsy

Question 9

Sharply demarcated lesions that leave a hyperpigmented spot after they resolve: which type of cutaneous drug reaction is this?

Answer 9

Fixed drug eruption

Question 10

Treatment for a fixed drug reaction

Answer 10

Topical steroids

Question 11

Presence of shingles on the tip of the nose in herpes zoster is called:

Answer 11

Hutchinson’s sign

Question 12

Most serious complication of VZV

Answer 12

Varicella pneumonia

Question 13

Treatment for cutaneous dermatophytosis

Answer 13

Oral (itraconazole or terbinafine) or topical antifungals for up to 1-2 weeks after disappearance of all lesions

Question 14

Most common site of basal carcinoma

Answer 14

Nose

Question 15

The patient should first be viewed from a distance of about ____ so that the general character of the skin and the distribution of lesions can be evaluated

Answer 15

4-6 feet (1.5-2m)

Question 16

Wood’s lamp appearance: Erythrasma (Corynebacterium minutissimum)

Answer 16

Coral pink

Question 17

Wood’s lamp appearance: Pseudomonas colonization

Answer 17

Pale blue

Question 18

Wood’s lamp appearance: Tinea capitis

Answer 18

Yellow

Question 19

Wood’s lamp appearance: Vitiligo

Answer 19

Totally white

Question 20

Name for the network of gray lines seen in papules of Lichen Planus

Answer 20

Wickham’s striae

Question 21

The most useful and convenient method for treating warts in almost any location

Answer 21

Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen

Question 22

Most common malignancy associated with erythroderma

Answer 22

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)

Question 23

Erythema marginatum is a manifestation of:

Answer 23

Rheumatic fever

Question 24

Wood’s lamp appearance: Pityriasis versicolor

Answer 24

Golden

Question 25

Most frequently associated disorder in vitiligo

Answer 25

Thyroid disease

Question 26

Earliest cutaneous sign of Tuberous sclerosis

Answer 26

Ash leaf spot

Question 27

Lentigines + cardiac myxomas seen in this syndrome

Answer 27

Carney complex

Question 28

95% of those with infectious mononucleosis given ________ will present with a rash

Answer 28

Ampicillin

Question 29

Most common setting for eruptive xanthomas

Answer 29

Diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled

Question 30

2 most frequent causes of IgE-dependent reactions to drugs

Answer 30

Penicillin and muscle relaxants in anesthesia

Question 31

Most common type of photosensitivity disease

Answer 31

Polymorphous light eruption

Question 32

Type of UV most efficiently producing sunburn

Answer 32

UV-B

Question 33

Best predictor of metastatic risk in melanoma

Answer 33

Breslow thickness

Question 34

Mainstay of treatment for dermatitis herpetiformis

Answer 34

Dapsone