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Dermatology - Benign + malignant tumours Flashcards

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Solar keratoses

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Likelihood of solar keratoses developing to SCC?

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Pretty much only slightly higher than normal skin!

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Solar keratoses

Do have dysplastic changes

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Solar keratoses which has been treated with field treatment (imiquimod/5-flurouracil) - unsightly + uncomfy for a few weeks

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Bowen’s disease

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Seborrheic keratosis

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‘Stuck on’ brown with granular/wart-like surface

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Seborrheic keratoses

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BCC

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BCC

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BCC

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BCC

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Bleeding/ulcerated BCC

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BCC - large

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Lots of BCC

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How to treat flat BCC?

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Field treatment (imiquimod or 5-fluorouracil cream)

OR photodynamic therapy

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Amelanotic melanoma

Very similar appearance to BCC and metastasis

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How to differentiate solar keratosis or Bowen’s

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SK - small, ill-defined, sun exposed site
Bowens: >10mm, well circumscribed

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Pearly edge - BCC

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Smooth red plaque, some erosion in old man - BCC

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Chondrodermatitis

Benign

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Epidermoid cyst (cheesy filling). Benign.

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Dermatofibroma

FIRM feel, flat or slightly raised

Can look like a lot of things but firmness is key

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Raised mole. Same texture (not shiny or rough).

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Nodular BCC - skin coloured but shiny, translucent lesions

May have telangiectasia
Slow growing + do not metastasize

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SCC - dull rough surface

not shiny + no telangiectasia

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Keratoacanthoma

Skin coloured papula, central keratin plug which grows.

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Keratocanthoma

Completely full of keratin plug

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What are lentigines?

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Common benign brown spots ‘sun spots’

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Dark lentigo on the lip

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Risk fx for melanoma

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UV exposure
Total number of moles
Family hx of melanoma or other skin cancer
Red hair/blue eyes

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Features of melanoma

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Odd duckling mole
Strange shape
Multicoloured >3 colours
Black
Change, bleeding

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Diff dx for dark lesions

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Naevi, BCC, Melanoma, dermatofibromas

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