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1
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Four layers of epidermis

A

Keratin
Granular
Prickle
Basal

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2
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Merkel cells

A

Light touch mechanoreceptors

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3
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Link the basal cells to basement membrane

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Hemidesmosomes

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4
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Link the papillary dermis to the basement membrane

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Anchoring fibrils

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5
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Apocrine glands

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Axilla and perineum- produce sweat

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6
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Eccrine glands

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The whole body- cooling by evaporation

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7
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Wavelength of light which converts cholecalciferol

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290-320nm

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8
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Ashleaf macules, enamel pitting, angiofibroma

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Tuberous sclerosis

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9
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Inheritance of tuberous sclerosis

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AD, de novo common, heterogenous

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10
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Extensive post-natal blistering and skin loss

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Epidermolyisis bullosa

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11
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Filaggrin mutations

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Eczema

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12
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Varicella reactivation in the facial nerve

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Ramsay Hunt syndrome

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13
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Varicella vaccine

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Live attenuated

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14
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Genital warts

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HPV 6 & 11

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15
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Warts

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HPV 1-4

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16
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Cervical cancer

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HPV 16 & 18

17
Q

Fleshly firm pearly umbilicated nodules

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Molloscum contagiosum

18
Q

Erythema infectiosum

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Parvovirus B19

19
Q

Treponema pallidum

20
Q

Painless ulcers at entry site, widespread erythema particularly on hands and soles, systemic complications

21
Q

First-line treatment of rosacea

A

Topical metronidazole

22
Q

Pathology of bullous pemphigoid

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IgG against hemidesmosomes anchoring basal to basement membrane

23
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Coagulase positive staph

24
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Gram positive cocci in clusters

25
Q

Trichyphyton rubrum

26
Q

Ringworm treatment

A

Clotrimazole, terbanafine

27
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Candida treatment

A

Clotrimazole, oral fluconazole

28
Q

Scabies treatment

A

Malathion lotion

Benzylbenzoate (not in children)

29
Q

High-risk areas for SCC

A

Lip, ear, scalp

30
Q

Self-limiting SCC, distinguished by central horn of keratin

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Keratoacanthoma

31
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Chronic and cumulative sun exposure

32
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Intense and intermittent sun exposure

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Melanoma, BCC

33
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Explosive eruption of many seborrhoeic keratoses

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Lesar-Trelat sign

34
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“Horn” cysts

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Seborrhoeic keratosis

35
Q

Peripheral palisading of cells

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Nodular BCC

36
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Keratin pearls, atypical mitoses, cellular atypia

37
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Two growth phases of melanoma

A

Radial and vertical

38
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Lacks a radial growth phase

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Nodular melanoma

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