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Dermatology (Excluding The Bits Poppy Covered) Flashcards

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Top differential for lesions of the mane, tail and ventral line

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Insect bite hypersensitivity

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Top differential for tail rubbing/hair looks on tail

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Oxyuris equi
Insect bite hypersensitivity
Lice infestation

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Common conditions presenting as macule/patches (circumscribed flat impalpable colour change areas)

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Alopecia areata
Vitiligo

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Common conditions presenting as papules and plaques (solid circumscribed discoloured firm areas)

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Bacterial infection
Fungal infections
Some ectoparasites

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Common conditions presenting as vesicles (raised fluid-filled well demarcated lesions)

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EHV-3
Vesicular stomatitis
Pemphigus foliaceus

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Common conditions presenting as Pustules

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Bacterial infections
Insect bites
Fungal infections

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Common conditions presenting as wheals (flat topped, oedematous raise lumps with no skin changes)

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Urticaria
Food allergies
Insect stings

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Common conditions presenting as nodules (raised circumscribed solid lumps extending deep into dermis)

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Papilloma
Sarcoid
Melanoma
Eosinophilic granuloma
Exuberant granulation tissue

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Common conditions presenting as neoplasia

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Melanoma
Sarcoids
Cutaneous lymphoma
Fibromas
Mastocytoma
Histiocytoma

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Common conditions presenting as abscesses

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Trauma
Streptococcal, clostridial (c, pseudotuberculosis) infection

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Common conditions presenting as alopecia

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Self mutilation from pruritis
Healing fungal-bacterial infections

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Common conditions presenting as scale

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Ectoparasites
Pemphigus
Chronic fungal-bacterial infections

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Common conditions presenting as crusts

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Chronic fungal-bacterial infections
Pemphigus
Chronic mites
Systemic lupus

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Common conditions presenting as erosions

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Insect bite hypersensitivity
Drug reaction 2nd to scratching

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Common conditions presenting as ulcers

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Pressure sores
Habronemiasis

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Common conditions presenting as lichenification

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Sarcoidosis
Pemphigus
Systemic lupus

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Common conditions presenting as hyper/hypopigmentation

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Repeated trauma
Healing fungal-bacterial infections

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What can swollen frayed hair shafts indicate

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Dermatophytosis

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What test should you send for if suspect of dermatophytosis

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PCR as faster than culture

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What bacteria causes rainscald

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dermatophilus congolensis

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What do you have to be careful of diagnosing rainscald

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dermatophilus congolensis looks like fungi as shows a railroad pattern on cytology

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Importance of allergy tests

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Don’t currently work

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Location of lesions for chorioptes equi

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Distal limb +++
Groin/abdomen possible

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Presentation of chorioptes equi

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Signalment
-draft breeds
- feathers
- winter
Clinical signs
- rubbing/scratching/stomping distal limbs
-exudate, scabbing, alopecia

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Lesion position of trombicula autumnalis

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Head and leg++

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Presentation of trombicula autumnalis

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Densely feathered but all horses
Biting/stomping at legs
Small papules on pastern/nose

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Lesion site if psoroptes equi

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Head, tail, ears

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Presentation of psoroptes equi

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All horses
Tail rubbing/broken hairs
Scaling of ears
Ear discharge

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Dermanyssus gallinae lesions

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Legs face and abdomen papules/crust

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Presentation of Dermanyssus gallinae

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All horses
Small orange/red mite
Biting/stomping legs
Lesions of papules/crusts

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Management/ treatment for chorioptes equi

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Clip feathers (burn the hair)
Extensive disinfection (should allow stables to rest)
Treat all horses
Treat with Doramectin injection
- 0.25% fipronil spray daily for a week then weekly for 4
- 5% lime sulphur solution weekly for a month

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Management/treatment of trombicula autumnalis

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Remove straw
Avoid infected grass/woods
Treat with lime sulphur solution, pyrethrin spray or 0.25% fipronil spray

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Management/treatment for psoroptes equi

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Remove all organic debris from stable disinfect and rest (70 days) disinfect tack also.
Treatment
- otitis - oral macrocytic lactones
- lime sulphur solution
-Pyrethrin spray

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Management/treatment of lice

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Disinfect stable with 10% bleach. Wash rugs/nummahs at 60 degrees
Poss treat in contacts
Treatment
- permethrin pour on
- 0.25% fipronil spray
- 1% Se sulphide shampoo q10days X3

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When is oxyuris equi common

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Young horses never treated with ivermectin

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When does insect bite hypersensitivity develop

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3-4 years

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What breeds are predisposed to insect bite hypersensitivity

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Icelandic, German shires, welshies, Shetlands, Connemaras

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Management for insect bite hypersensitivity

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Inside at dusk till dawn - cover windows with fly mesh
Fly sheets on when out of stables
Keep away from water
Fly repellent

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How does food allergy present in the horse

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Type 1 hypersensitivity
Face neck and trunk lesions
Angioedema and urticaria

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How does contact dermatitis present in the horse

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Type 4 hypersensitivity
Erythema, oedema, oozing to alopecia/lichenification from tack
Mouth/ventral abdomen from tack

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Management/treatment of rainscald

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Wear gloves - can be zoonotic
Most spontaneously regress
Wash tack rugs etc @60 in captain
Avoid sunlight
Keep dry
antiseptic washes of lesions but dry after daily k-permanganate for 5 days
Systemic antibiotics if necessary

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Predisposition for rainscald

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Poor nutrition
Poor hygiene (sweat)
High temperature
High humidity
Low immunity

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Causal agents of dermatophytosis

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Trichophyton equinum
Mycrosporum gypseum

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Management/treatment of dermatophytosis

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Gloves!
Isolate and disinfect
K-monopersulphate to fog premises outbreaks
Chlorhexidine spray daily x7 days
Chlorhexidine and miconazole spray/shampoo 2-3x weekly

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Most common cause of photosensitisation

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Type 3 hypersensitivity caused by liver failure

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What is photosensitisation

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Abnormal reaction of the skin when exposed to UV radiation

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What is pemphigus

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Exfoliative dermatitis due to type 2 hypersensitivity with antibodies directed at dermal cells.
Poorly understood

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Diagnosis of pemphigus

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Acantholysis on biopsy

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Treatment of pemphigus

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Long term immunosuppressive glucocorticoids
Omega fatty acids
Vitamin E
Sunlight restriction

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What is onchocerca

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A microfilaria parasite

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Treatment of onchocerca

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Macrocytic lactones

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How does EHV-3 present

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Lesions on the vulva, perineum, penis, prepuce and testicles
Oral and lip ulcers
Venereal transmission

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How do you diagnose alopecia areata

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Biopsy

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What is vitiligo

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Idiopathic depigmentation common around eyes/lips of grey horses which Andalusians/Arabs more predisposed

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What is urticaria

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Immunologic reaction to allergens

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Management of urticaria

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Identify trigger
Wash skin if a contact reaction
Steroids
Cetirizine
Omega fatty acids

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Where does pedal/pastern dermatitis affect

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Caudal aspect of the pasterns

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What are the primary pathogens involved in pastern/pedal dermatitis

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Staphylococcus aureus and dermatophilus congolensis

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What is chronic proliferative lymphedema

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Elastin dysfunction in lymphatic vessels
Predisposition in shire/Clydesdale/Belgian draft

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Diagnosis and management of pastern/pedal dermatitis

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Clip hair and take samples
Clean and dry thoroughly
Avoid bandaging
Treat primary problem
Will be a long term issue

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Causes of melanomas

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Gene mutation in STX17g, changes in melanocyte behavior
Disturbance in melanin transfer

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Types of melanoma

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Melanocytic nevi (single/multiple discrete nodules)
Dermal melanoma (originate in deep dermis - single/multiple nodules)
Dermal melanomatosis (confluent large melanomas - risk of mets)
Malignant (rare, invasive, likely to reoccur)

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Most common melanoma location

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Under tail

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Diagnosis of melanoma

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Visual
Ultrasound
FNA

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Sarcoid features

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Benign
Non metastatic
Locally aggressive

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Types of sarcoid

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Occult
Verrucose
Nodular
Fibroblastic
Mixed
Malignant

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Occult sarcoid

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Hairless skin
Mild/stable/superficial
Milks hyperkeratosis

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Verrucose

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Rarely aggressive unless injured
Warty looking
Hyperkeratosis with flake/scale

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Nodular sarcoids

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Not an issue till injured
0.5-20cm
Firm, spherical subcut nodules
2 types
Confined to subcutaneous
Involvement of overlying skin

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Fibroblastic sarcoids

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Ulcerated, fleshy, look aggressive
2 types
Pedunculated with small base palpable under skin
Wide base diffuse/I’ll defined margins

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Mixed sarcoids

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Mixture of types

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Malignant sarcoid

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Highly invasive, infiltrative of lymphatic vessels
Repeated injury if skin lesion can result

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Treatment of sarcoids

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Topical creams
Banding (thin peduncle)
Intralesional chemo (cisplatin)
Laser surgery
Electrochemotherapy
Vaccines
Radiotherapy

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Cause of sarcoids

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Bovine papilloma virus in tissue
Potentially fly transmission
Skin trauma giving direct access to BPV to subepidermal fibroblasts leading to abnormal proliferation

75
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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Locally invasive - more common in areas with limited hair, mucocutaneous junctions and poorly haired areas
Flies, smegma and UV predisposed

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Melanoma treatment

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Vaccination
Intralesional therapy

Year 4 equine (20 decks)

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