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Exam 1: Dermatology Flashcards

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Macule

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Lesion is flat and small <1 cm

Ex: Mobiliform drug eruption, tinea versicolor, Benign melanocytic nevi, malignant melanoma

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Patch

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Lesion is flat and large >1 cm

Ex: seborrheic dermatitis, vitiligo, tinea cruris

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Papule

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Lesion is raised, small <1 cm, and not fluid filled

Ex: Basal cell carcinoma, skin tags, molluscum contagiosum, guttate psoriasis

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Plaque

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Lesion is raised, large >1 cm, but not fluid filled

Ex: Plaque psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, herald patch of pityriasis rosea, nummular dermatitis

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Vesicle

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Lesion is raised, small <1 cm, and filled with fluid

Ex: herpes Simplex virus, herpes zoster or shingles, rhus dermatitis or allergic contact dermatitis from poison ivy

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Bulla

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Lesion is raised, large >1 cm, and filled with fluid

Ex: Bullous fixed drug eruption, insect bites, and inherited skin fertility disorder

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Good descriptions of skin findings include what 8 elements?

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NUMBER- Solitary or multiple; estimate of total number
SIZE- Measured in millimeters or centimeters
COLOR- Including erythematous if blanching; if non-blanching, vascular-like cherry angiomas and vascular malformations, petechiae, or Purpera
SHAPE- Circular, oval, annular, nummular, or polygonal
TEXTURE- Smooth, flashy, verrucous or warty, keratotic; greasy if scaly
PRIMARY LESION- flat, a macule or patch; a papule or plaque; or fluid filled, a vesicle or bulla (May also be erosions, ulcers, nodules, ecchymosis, petechiae, and palpable Purpera)
LOCATION- Including measured distance from other landmarks
CONFIGURATION- Grouped, annular, linear

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Blanching lesions

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Are erythematous and suggest inflammation

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Scaly can be ____, ____, or _____.

Include examples

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1-Greasy (seborrheic dermatitis or seborrheic keratosis)
2-Dry and fine (tinea pedis)
3-Hard and keratotic (actinic keratosis or SCC)

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Alopecia

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Hair loss. Can be diffuse, patchy, or total.

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The most common cause of diffuse hair thinning:

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Male and female pattern baldness

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What type of alopecia should be referred to a dermatologist?

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Scarring alopecia

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Sparse hair is seen in what condition?

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Hypothyroidism

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Fine, silky hair is seen in what condition?

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Hyperthyroidism

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What is the ABCDE – EFG rule and what does it stand for?

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It is a method to teach clinicians and patients about features suspicious for melanoma. If 2 people or more of these are present, risk for melanoma increases and biopsy should be considered.

ASSYMETRY – of one side of mole compared to the other
BORDER IRREGULARITY – especially if ragged, notched, or blurred
COLOR VARIATIONS – more than 2 colors, especially blue-black, white (loss of pigment d/t regression), or red (inflammatory reaction to abnormal cells)
DIAMETER greater than 6 mm - approximately the size of a pencil eraser
EVOLVING- or changing rapidly in size, symptoms, or morphology
ELEVATED
FIRM to palpation
GROWING progressively over several weeks

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Is a homogeneous blue color in a blue nevus concerning for melanoma?

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No. Blue or black color within a larger pigmented lesion is concerning for melanoma.

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Early melanomas may be ____, and many benign lesions are ______. (Sizes)

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Early melanomas may be <6 mm and many benign lesions are >6mm.

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What are signs of chronic sun damage?

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Numerous solar lentigines on the shoulder and upper back,
Many melanocytic nevi,
Solar elastosis (yellow, thickened skin with bumps, wrinkles, or furrowing),
Cutis rhomboidalis nuchae (leathery thickened skin on the posterior neck), and
Actinic Purpera.

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What is the best defense against skin cancers?

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Avoid ultraviolet radiation exposure by limiting time in the sun, avoiding midday sun, using sunscreen, and wearing some protective clothing with long sleeves and hats with white brims. Avoid indoor tanning, especially children, and teens, and young adults.

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Hair shedding at the roots is common in what two conditions?

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Telogen affluvium and alopecia areata

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Hair breaks along the shaft suggest what?

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Damage from hair care or tinea capitis

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What are causes of generalized itching, without apparent rash?

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Dry skin, pregnancy, uremia, jaundice, lymphomas and leukemia, drug reactions, and less commonly polycythemia vera and thyroid disease.

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Pallor indicates _____

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Anemia

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Cyanosis can indicate:

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Decreased oxygen in the blood or decreased blood flow in response to a cold environment

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Jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, results from:

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Increased bilirubin

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Possible internal causes of diffuse non-scarring hair shedding in young women are:

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Iron-deficiency anemia and hyper- or hypothyroidism

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Local redness of the skin warns of:

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Impending necrosis

Although some deep pressure sores develop without antecedent redness.

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Pustule

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Small palpable collection of neutrophils or keratin that appears white

Ex: Acne vulgaris, Bacterial folliculitis

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Furuncle

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Inflamed hair follicle; multiple for ankles together form a carbuncle.

Ex: Abscesses (fluctuant deep infection)

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Nodule

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Larger and deeper than a papule.

Ex: Dermatofibroma, keloid

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Subcutaneous mass/cyst

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Whether mobile or fixed, cysts are encapsulated collections of fluid or semisolid.

Ex: Epidermal inclusion cyst, pilar cyst, lipoma

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Wheal

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Area of localized dermal edema that evanesces (comes and goes) within a period of 1-2 days.

Ex: the essential primary lesion of urticaria, PPD test

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Burrow

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Small linear or serpiginous pathways in the epidermis created by the scabies mite

Ex: scabies

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What is the precursor of squamous cell carcinoma?

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Actinic keratosis

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Spider angioma

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COLOR/SIZE: fiery red; from very small to 2 cm
SHAPE: Central body, sometimes raised, surrounded by erythema and radiating legs
PULSATILITY and EFFECT OF PRESSURE: Often seen in center of the spider when pressure with a glass slide is applied; pressure on the body causes blanching of the spider
DISTRIBUTION: Face, neck, arms, and upper trunk; almost never below the waist
SIGNIFICANCE: Single spider angiomas are normal and are common on the face and chest; also seen in pregnancy and liver disease

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Cherry angioma

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COLOR/SIZE: Bright or ruby red; may become purpleish with age; 1 to 3 mm
SHAPE: Round, flat, or sometimes raised; maybe surrounded by a pale halo
PULSATILITY and EFFECT OF PRESSURE: Absent; may show partial blanching, especially if pressure applied with edge of a pinpoint
DISTRIBUTION: Trunk; also extremities
SIGNIFICANCE: None; increases in size and number with aging

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Spider vein

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COLOR/SIZE: Bluish; size variable, from very small to several inches
SHAPE: Variable; may resemble a spider or be linear, irregular, cascading
PULSATILITY and EFFECT OF PRESSURE: Absent; pressure over the center does not cause blanching, but diffuse pressure blanches the veins
DISTRIBUTION: Most often on the legs, near veins; also on the anterior chest
SIGNIFICANCE: Often accompanies increased pressure in the superficial veins, as in varicose veins

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Petechiae/Purpera

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COLOR/SIZE: Deep red or reddish purple, fading away over time; petechiae, 1 to 3 mm; Purpera are larger
SHAPE: Rounded, sometimes irregular; flat
PULSATILITY and EFFECT OF PRESSURE: Absent; no affect from pressure
DISTRIBUTION: Variable
SIGNIFICANCE: Blood outside the vessels; may suggest a bleeding disorder, or if petechiae, emboli to skin; palpable Purpera in vasculitis

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Ecchymosis

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COLOR/SIZE: Purple or purpleish blue, fading to green, yellow, and brown with time; ariable size, larger than petechiae, >3 mm
SHAPE: Rounded, oval, or irregular; may have a central subcutaneous flat nodule (a hematoma)
PULSATILITY and EFFECT OF PRESSURE: Absent; no effect from pressure
DISTRIBUTION: Variable
SIGNIFICANCE: Blood outside the vessels; often secondary to bruising or trauma; also seen and bleeding disorders

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Solar lentigo

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Light brown and uniform in color but may be asymmetric.

Bilaterally symmetric brown macules located on sun-exposed to skin, including the face, shoulders, and arms and hands

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Solar elastosis

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Yellowish white macules or papules in sun exposed skin, especially on the forehead

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Actinic Purpera

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Ecchymosis limited to the dorsal forearms and hands but not extending above the “shirt sleeve” line on the upper arm.

Purple patches or macules that fade over time. These spots and patches come from blood that has leaked through poorly supported capillaries and spread within the dermis.

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Poikiloderma

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Red patches in sun damaged areas, especially the V of the neck, and lateral neck (usually sparing the shadow inferior to the chin) with fine telangiectasias, and both hyper- and hypopigmentation

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Wrinkles

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Increased sun damage and tanning leads to deeper wrinkles at an earlier age

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Cutis rhomboidalis nuchae

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Deep wrinkles on the posterior neck that “criss-cross”

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Acral melanoma

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Rapid change or evolution helps detect acral melanoma.

Consider biopsies if >7 mm, rapidly growing, or concerning features on dermoscopy

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Acral nevus

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Likely benign if <7 mm and has a reassurance pattern on dermoscopy, such as the parallel furrow or Lattice patterns

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Blue nevus

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Blue nevi have a homogeneous blue-gray appearance, clinically and dermoscopy

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Seborrheic keratosis

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Often have a verrucous texture.
Appear like a “Stuck-on” or flattened ball of wax.
May be darkly pigmented
May crumble or bleed if picked.
Specific features on dermoscopy such as milia-like cysts or comedome-like openings are reassuring if present.
May be erythematous if inflamed.
Mimics SCC

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Actinic keratosis

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Often easier to feel then to see.

Superficial keratotic populous “come and go” on some damaged skin

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Cutaneous horn/ keratotic scale

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The protypic keratotic scale of actinic keratoses and SCC is formed by keratin and can result in a cutaneous horn.
Cutaneous horns should generally be biopsied to rule out SCC.

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Warts

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Usually skin-colored to pink, texture more verrucous then keratotic.
May be filiform.
Often have a hemorrhagic punk day that can be seen with a magnifying glass or dermascope
Mimics cutaneous horn/ keratotic scale

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Telogen Effluvium

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Overall, the patient’s scalp and hair distribution appear normal, but a positive hair pull test reveals most hairs have telogen bulbs.

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Anagen Effluvium

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There is diffuse hair loss from the roots. The hair pull test shows few if any hairs with telogen bulbs.

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Alopecia Areata

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Focal hair loss.
There is sudden onset of cleary demarcated, usually localized, round or oval patches of hair loss leaving smooth skin without hairs, in children and young adults. There is no visible scaling or erythema.

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Tinea Capitis

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“Ringworm”

Scaling, crusting, and hair loss are seen in the scalp, along with a painful plaque (kerion) and occipital lymph node (arrow).

Mostly seen in children.

There may be black dots of broken hairs and comma or corkscrew hairs on dermoscopy.

Usually caused by Trichophyton tonsurans from humans, and less commonly Microsporum canis from cats or dogs.

Boggy plaques are called kerion.

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Scarring alopecia

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Scarring on the scalp is characterized by shiny skin, complete loss of hair follicles, and often, discoloration.
Presence of any scarring should prompt referral to a dermatologist for a possible scalp biopsy if the patient desires treatment.
Ex: Central centrifugal scarring alopecia and discoid lupus erythematous, among others

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Paronychia

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A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral nail folds adjacent to the nail plate. The nail folds are often red, swollen, and tender. Represents the most common infection of the hand, usually from Staphylococcus aureus for streptococcus species, and may spread until it completely surrounds the nail plate. Creates a felon if it extends into the pulp space of the finger. Arises from local trauma due to nail biting, manicuring, or frequent hand immersion in water. Chronic infections may be related to candida.

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Clubbing of the fingers

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Clinically, a bulbous swelling of the soft tissue at the nail base, with loss of the normal angle between the nail and the proximal nail fold. The angle increases to 180° or more, and the nailbed feels spongy or floating. The mechanism is still unknown but involves vasodilation with increased blood flow to the distal portion of the digits and changes in connected tissue, possibly from hypoxia, changes in innervation, genetics, or a platelet-derived growth factor from fragments of platelet clumps. Seen in congenital heart disease, interstitial lung disease and lung cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and malignancies.

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Habit tic deformity

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There is depression of the central nail with a “Christmas tree” appearance from small horizontal depressions, resulting from repetitive trauma from rubbing the index finger over the thumb or vice versa. Pressure on the nail matrix causes the nail to grow out abnormally. Avoidance of the behavior leads to normal nail growth.

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Melanonychia

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Caused by increased pigmentation in the nail matrix, leading to a streak as the nail grows out this may be a normal ethnic variation if found in multiple nails. Ethan uniform streak may be caused by a nervous, but a white streak, especially if growing or a regular, could represent a subungual melanoma.

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Onycholysis

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A painless separation of the white and opaque nail plate from the Pinker translucent nail bed. Fingernails that extend past the fingertips are more likely to result in the traumatic sharing forces that produce onycholysis. Starts distally and progresses proximally, enlarging the free edge of the nail. Local causes include trauma from excess manicuring, psoriasis, fungal infection, and allergic reaction‘s to nail cosmetics. Systemic causes include diabetes, anemia, photosensitive drug reactions, hyperthyroidism, peripheral ischemia, bronchiectasis, and syphilis.

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Onychomycosis

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The most common cause of nail thickening and subungual debris, most often from the dermophyte Trichophyton rubrum, but also from other dermatophytes and some molds such as Alternaria and Fusarium species.
Affects one and five over age 60.
The best prevention is to treat and prevent tinea pedis.
Only half of all nail dystrophies are caused by onychomycosis, so a positive fungal culture, potassium hydroxide exam, or pathologic evaluation of nail clippings is recommended before treating with oral antifungals.

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Terry nails

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Nail plate turns white with a ground glass appearance, a distal band of reddish brown, and obliteration of the lunula. Commonly affects all fingers, although may appear and only one finger.
Seen in liver disease, usually cirrhosis, heart failure, and diabetes. May arise from decreased vascularity and increased connective tissue and nail bed.

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Transverse linear depressions

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Usually bilateral, resulting from temporary disruption of proximal nail growth from systemic illness. Timing of the illness may be estimated by measuring the distance from the line to the nail bed. (Nails grow approximately 1 mm every 6 to 10 days)
Seen in severe illness, trauma, and cold exposure if Raynaud’s disease is present.

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Pitting (in nail)

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Punctuate depressions of the nail plate caused by defective layering of the superficial nail plate by the proximal nail matrix. Usually associated with psoriasis but also seen in Reiter syndrome, sarcoidosis, alopecia Areata, and localized a topic or chemical dermatitis.

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Pressure (decubitus) ulcer

What is and what are risk factors?

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Arise from obliteration of arteriolar and capillary blood flow to the skin or from sheer forces during movement across sheets or when lifted upright incorrectly.

Usually develop over bony prominences subject to unrelieved pressure, resulting in ischemic damage to underlying tissue.

Decreased mobility, especially if accompanied by increased pressure or movement causing friction or shear stress.
Decreased sensation, from brain or spinal cord lesions or peripheral nerve disease.
Decreased blood flow from hypotension or micro vascular disease such as diabetes or atherosclerosis.
Because or urinary incontinence.
Presence of fracture.
Poor nutritional status or low albumin.

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Stage I pressure ulcer

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Presence of a red and area that fails to blanch with pressure, any changes in temperature (warmth or coolness), consistency (firm or boggy), sensation (pain or itching), or color (red, blue, or purple on darker skin; red on lighter skin).

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Stage II pressure ulcer

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The skin forms a blister or sore. Partial thickness skin loss or ulceration involving the epidermis, dermis, or both.

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Stage III pressure ulcer

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A cleaner appears in the skin, with full thickness skin loss and damage to or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue that may extend to, but not through, underlying muscle.

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Stage IV pressure ulcer

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The pressure ulcer deepens. There is a full thickness skin loss, with destruction, tissue necrosis, or damage to underline muscle, bone, and sometimes tendons and joints.

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Apgar score

What is it and components?

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It’s five components classify the newborns neurologic recovery from the stress of birth and immediate adaptation to extrauterine life.
Scored at 1 and 5 minutes after birth.
3 point scale 0,1,2 in each category, total 0-10

Heart rate
Respiratory effort
Muscle tone
Reflex irritability
Color
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Newborns with polycythemia

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Have a ruddy complexion. This is a reddish purple color.

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Cutis marmorata

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A lattice like, bluish mottled appearance, particularly on the trunk, arms, and legs.

This is in response to cold and may last for months in normal infants.

Is prominent in premature infants and an infant with congenital hypothyroidism and down syndrome.

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Acrocyanosis

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A blueish discoloration to the palms and soles when exposed to cold.

Is very common in newborns for the first few days and may recur throughout early infancy.

If acrocyanosis does not disappear within 8 hours or with warming, cyanotic congenital heart disease should be considered.

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Central cyanosis

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In a baby or a child of any age should raise suspicion of congenital heart disease.

The best area to look for central cyanosis is the tongue and oral mucosa, not the nail beds, lips, or the extremities.

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Cafe-au-lait spots

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Benign newborn birthmark

Pigmented light brown lesions (<1-2 cm at birth) usually have borders and are uniform.

They are noted in more than 10% of black infants.

Isolated lesions have no significance, but multiple lesions (>5) with sharp borders may suggest neurofibromatosis.

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Skin desquamation

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Is normal in full-term newborns but may rarely be a sign of placental circulatory insufficiency or congenital ichthiosis

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What are four common (clinically insignificant) dermatologic conditions in newborns?

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Miliaria rubra,
Erythema toxicum,
Pustular melanosis
Milia

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Both erythema toxicum and pustular melanosis may appear similar to what?

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Pathologic vesiculopustular rash of herpes Simplex or staphylococcus aureus skin infection

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Midline hair Tufts over the lumbosacral spine region possibly suggest what?

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Spinal cord defect (spina bifida)

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Jaundice within the first 24 hours of birth may be from what?

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Hemolytic disease of the newborn

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Late appearing jaundice or jaundice that persist beyond 2 to 3 weeks should raise suspicions of what 2 conditions?

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Biliary obstruction or liver disease

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A common source of jaundice during the first couple of weeks is what? And when does it resolve?

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Breast-feeding jaundice.

Resolves around 10 to 14 days of life.

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Newborn jaundice appears to progress in what fashion?

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From head to toe, with more intense jaundice on the upper body and less intense yellow color in the lower extremities.

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Port wine stain

What is it and what might it be a sign of?

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A unilateral yeah dark, purpleish lesion, over the distribution of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve.

May be a sign of Sturge-Weber syndrome

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

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Is associated with seizures, hemiparesis, glaucoma, and mental retardation.

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Turner syndrome (in infant)

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Significant edema of the hands and feet of a newborn girl. Other features such as a webbed neck would reinforce this diagnosis.

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Infant dehydration causes

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Is a common problem in infants. Usual causes are insufficient intake or excess loss of fluids from diarrhea.

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Physiologic jaundice

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Occurs during days 2 to 5 of life and progresses from head to toe as it peaks.

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Miliaria rubra

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Common benign newborn rash.

Scattered vesicles on an erythematous base, usually on the face in trunk, result from obstruction of the sweat gland ducts; this condition disappears spontaneously within weeks.

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Erythema toxicum

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Common benign newborn rash.

Usually appearing on days 2 to 3 of life.

This rash consists of erythematous macules with central pinpoint vesicles scattered diffusely over the entire body. Yellow or white pustules surrounded by a red base.

They appear similar to flea bites.

These lesions are of unknown ideology but disappear within one week of birth.

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Pustular melanosis

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Common benign newborn rash.

Seen more commonly in black infants, the rash presents at birth as small vesiculopustules over a brown macular base; these can last for several months.

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Milia

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Common benign newborn rash.

Pinhead sized smooth white raised areas without surrounding erythema on the nose, chin, and forehead result from retention of sebum in the openings of the sebaceous glands. Although occasionally present at birth, milia usually appear within the first few weeks and disappears over several weeks.

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Eyelid patch

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Benign newborn birthmark

This birthmark fades, usually within the first year of life.

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Salmon patch

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Benign newborn birthmark

Also called the “stork bite” or “angel kiss”.

This splotchy pink mark fades with age.

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Slate blue patches

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Benign newborn birthmark

These are more common among dark skinned babies. It is important to note them so they are not mistaken for bruises.

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Adolescent acne

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Acne in adolescence involves open comedones (blackheads) and closed comedones (whiteheads), and inflamed pustules.

A common skin condition, tends to resolve eventually, but often visit benefits from proper treatment.

It tends to begin during middle to late puberty.

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Moles or benign nevi may appear during what stage of life?

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Adolescence.

They are characteristics differentiate them from atypical nevi.

100
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Neonatal acne

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Red pustules and papules are more prominent over the cheeks and nose of some normal newborns.

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Seborrhea

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The salmon red, scaly eruption often involves the face, neck, axilla, diaper area, and behind the ears.

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Atopic dermatitis (eczema)

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Erythema, scaling, dry skin, and intense itching characterize this condition.

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Neurofibromatosis

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Characteristic features include more than five café au lait spots and axillary freckling. Later findings include neurofibromas and Lisch nodules.

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Candidal diaper dermatitis

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This bright red rash involves the intertriginous folds, with small “satellite lesions” along the edges.

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Contact diaper dermatitis

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This irritant rash is secondary to diarrhea or irritation and is noted along contact areas (touching the diaper)

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Impetigo

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This infection is due to bacteria and can appear bullous or crusty and yellowed with some pus.

107
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Verruca vulgaris

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Dry, rough warts on hands

108
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Verica plana

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Small, flat warts

109
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Plantar warts

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Tender warts on feet

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Molluscum contagiosum

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Dome shaped, fleshy lesions

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Bites (childhood)

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Intensely pruritic, red, distinct papules characterize these lesions

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Urticaria

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(Hives)

This pruritic, allergic sensitivity reaction changes shape quickly.

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Scabies

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Intensely itchy papules and vesicles, sometimes burrows, most often on extremities

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Tinea corporis

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This annular lesion has central clearing and papules along the border.

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Pityriasis Rosea

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Oval lesions on trunk, in older children, often in a Christmas tree pattern, sometimes a herald patch (a large patch that appears first).

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Older adult skin

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The skin wrinkles, becomes lax, and loses turgor. The dermis is less vascular, causing lighter skin to look paler and more opaque. Skin on the backs of the hands and forearms appears thin, fragile, loose, and transparent. Actinic keratosis.

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Older adult nails

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Nails lose luster with age and may yellow and thicken, especially on the toes

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Older adult Hair

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Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment, changing hair color to gray. Hair loss on the scalp is genetically determined. As early as 20 years, a man’s hairline may start to reseed at the temples and then at the vertex. In women hair loss follows a similar but less severe pattern. In both sexes the number of scalp hairs decreases in a generalized pattern and the diameter of each hair gets smaller. There is also normal hair loss everywhere on the body – the trunk, pubic areas, axillae, and limbs. Women over 55 years may develop course facial hairs on the chin and upper lip.

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Basal cell carcinoma

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A translucent nodule that spreads and leaves a depressed center with a firm elevated border.

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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A firm reddish–appearing lesion often emerging in a sun exposed area.

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Melanoma

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A dark raised asymmetric lesion with irregular borders

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Herpes zoster

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Vesicular lesions occurring in a dermatomal distribution from reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus in the dorsal root ganglia.

Risk increases with age and impaired cell-mediated immunity.

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Lichenified

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Thickened from rubbing

124
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How do you assess for cyanosis in the newborn?

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In the mouth

125
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How do you assess for skin turgor in the newborn/infant?

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Roll a fold of loosely adherent skin on the abdominal wall between your thumb and forefinger to determine its consistency.

126
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Skin findings in chronic renal disease

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Pallor, xerosis, uremic frost, pruritus, half-and-half nails, calciphylaxis

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Skin findings in Crohn’s disease

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Erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum, enterocutaneous fistulas, aphthous ulcers

128
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Skin findings in Cushing’s disease

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Striae, atrophy, Purpera, Ecchymosis, telangiectasia, acne, moon faces, buffalo hump, hypertrichosis

129
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Skin findings in diabetes

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Pruritus, diabetic dermopathy, acanthosis nigricans, candidiasis, neuropathic ulcers, necrobiosis lipoidica, eruptive xanthomas

130
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Skin findings in dyslipidemia

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Xanthomas (tendon, eruptive, tuberous), xanthylasma (may also occur in healthy people)

131
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Skin findings in hypothyroidism

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Rough, dry, and pale skin; course and brittle hair; myxedema; alopecia (lateral 1/3 of eyebrows to diffuse); skin cool to touch; thin and brittle nails

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Skin findings for hyperthyroidism

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Warm, moist, soft, and velvety skin; then and fine hair; alopecia; vitiligo; pretibial myxedema (in graves); hyperpigmentation (local or generalized)

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Skin findings in Kawasaki disease

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Mucosal erythema (lips, tongue, and pharynx), strawberry tongue, cherry red lips, polymorphous rash (primarily on trunk), erythema of palms and soles with later desquamation of fingertips

134
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Skin findings in liver disease

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Jaundice, spider angioma’s and other telangiectasis, Palmar erythema, Terry nails, pruritus, purpura, caput medisae

135
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Skin findings in leukemia/lymphoma

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Pallor, exfoliative erythroderma, nodules, petechiae, ecchymosis, pruritus, vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, bullous diseases

136
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Skin findings in meningococcemia

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Angular or delayed purpuric patches and plaques with gun metal gray center. Progresses to Ekhymosis, bullae, necrosis

137
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Skin findings in neurofibromatosis

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Neurofibromas, 5+ café au lait spots with sharp borders, freckling in axillae (Crowe sign), plexiform neurofibroma

138
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Skin findings in systemic lupus erythematosus

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Mallory erythema (across nose and cheeks), relative sparing of nasolabial folds, periungual erythema, interphalangeal erythema

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