Disorders of the skin

Question 1

Dark Skin:
Hypertrophied overgrowth of fibrous tissue from a scar
More common in African Americans
Removed with steroid injection, laser
Usually minimized only not completely healed

Answer 1

Keloid

Question 2

Dark Skin:
Total loss of pigment in affected areas Disappearance of skins melanocytes 
Cause unknown 
Sensitive to light 
"Michael Jackson"

Answer 2

Vitiligo

Question 3

Dark Skin: 
"Morgan Freeman"
Brown/black raised areas usually on the cheeks 
Resemble flat warts/moles
Common in women
Not cancerous 
Removal is cosmetic

Answer 3

Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra

Question 4

Dark Skin:

Temporary or permanent hair loss related to heated comb use with straightening agents

Answer 4

Traction Alopecia

Question 5

Dark Skin:
Ill defined blue macule (blue to gray)
Over 50% in children 
No treatment required 
Gradual disappearance with age
Flat lesion 
Lumbosacral
Dark skinned babies

Answer 5

Nevus of Ota

Question 6

A sweat gland disorder that inhibits sweating

Causes over-heating

Answer 6

Anhidrosis

Question 7

A disorder of the sweat gland that produces excessive sweating
May lead to an electrolyte imbalance

Answer 7

Hyperhidrosis

Question 8

A sweat gland disorder that may lead to an infected duct near hair follicles
They are painful boil-like lesions that can burst.

Answer 8

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Question 9

Medical term for hair loss

Answer 9

Alopecia

Question 10

This type of hair loss can happen in patches from pregnancy, hormones, or chemotherapy

Answer 10

Sudden hair loss

Question 11

Infection/inflammation of the hair follicles

Answer 11

Tinea capitus

Question 12

Male pattern baldness but can happen to women too

Answer 12

Androgenic Alopecia

Question 13

Patchy areas of baldness usually caused by an autoimmune disorder

Answer 13

Alopecia areata

Question 14

Total loss of all head hair

Answer 14

Alopecia totalis

Question 15

Loss of all body hair

Answer 15

Alopecia universalis

Question 16

What is the main treatment for Alopecia?

Answer 16

Rogaine

Question 17

Excessive growth of dark, coarse hair in undesirable locations
Male hair distribution seen in women

Answer 17

Hirsutism

Question 18

Injury to nail bed, due to small shoes or starts and stops of running

Answer 18

Black toe AKA runners toe

Question 19

A nail disorder that penetrates into and cuts the skin at the edge of the toe

Answer 19

Ingrown toenail

Question 20

Separation of the nail plate distally to proximally

Usually due to trauma

Answer 20

Oncyholysis

Question 21

Inflammation and injury of the skin at the nail base
Can be acute or chronic
Prevented by not biting nails and using gloves for protection
Treated with incision and ABX

Answer 21

Paronychia

Question 22

Fingertips widen and become round and nails curve around fingertips

Answer 22

Clubbing

Question 23

The nails are soft and “scooped” out

Usually due to iron deficient anemia

Answer 23

Spoon nails AKA koilonychia

Question 24

Indentations across the nail bed

Usually due to malnutrition or acute severe illness such as a pronged fever or MI

Answer 24

Beaus Grooves

Question 25

Pits on the nail plate with a possible thickening of the nail and separation from the nail bed
Usually found in psoriasis

Answer 25

Pitting Nails

Question 26

The most common infection of the nails (toes more than fingers)
Fungal infection
Usually painless but dry, thick, and discolored nails
Treatment is an anti-fungal

Answer 26

Onychomycosis