Formatives Flashcards
Venous ulcers tend to affect which areas (2)
Lateral OR medial malleous
Arterial ulcers tend to affect which areas (2)?
Foot or mid-shin
Pressure ulcers tend to affect areas of skin with
Contact with a source of pressure (most common sacrum, heels, ischea, greater trochanters)
Anchoring bias is…
Tendency to lock onto salient features in patient’s initial presentation too early in diagnostic process and failt o adjust this impression in later information
Availability bias is…
Disposition to judge things as being more likely if they readily come to mind
Chronic actinic dermatitis is assoicated with SCC development. True/false
False
Ulcers can lead to malignant changes. True/false?
True
Breslow thickness is defined as…
The depth from the GRANULAR layer of the epidermis to the deepest melanoma cell.
Which type of clothing is recommended against skin-cancer?
Long-sleeves with a tight weave
A medium-sized lesion on the patient’s hip should be excised how?
Excision with a skin flap
A large lesion on the patient’s calf should be excised how?
Excision with skin grafting
A small lesion on the patient’s cheek should be excised how?
Small elliptical excision
Describe 4 factors associated with SCC development?
1) Weekly/ regular sunbed use for years
2) Skin type 1
3) Transplantation
4) Lifelong outdoor occupation
A firm, raised, slightly pigmented lesion for 6 months which is NOT changing and occasionally itchy (but otherwise asymptomatic) indicates….
Dermatofibroma
Malignant melanoma is usually effectively treated with combination chemotherapy/ radiotherapy. True/false?
False - do not respond well to chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Tinea manuum is dermaphyte infection of the…..
Hand
Tinea barbae is infection of the…
Beard
Match the base/vehicle to description: “Semisolid emulsion of oil in water, with preservative, cosmetically acceptable”
Cream
Match base/vehicle to description, “Semisolid grease/oil, no preservative, less cosmetically acceptable”
Ointment
Match base/vehicle to description, “thickened aqueous solution”
Gel
Match the base/vehicle to the description, “semisolids, stiff, greasy, difficult to apply, often used in cooling/drying/soothing”
Paste
What’s the most appropriate diagnostic test for ring worm?
Skin scraping for microscopy, culture + Woods light
What’s the most appropriate diagnostic test for impetigo?
Swab of lesion for microbiology culture
What’s the most appropriate diagnostic test for scabies?
Skin scrapings for microscopy
What’s the most appropriate diagnostic test for shingles?
Swab of lesion fluid for PCR
Blisters on hand dorsum + crusting + hair growing on cheeks + otherwise healthy. Suggests what?
Porphyria cutanea tarda
Cafe au lait macules are present in which % of NFT-1s?
90%
Tuberous sclerosis is inherited in which pattern?
Autosomal dominant
Rosacea may present with pustules and papules. True/false?
True
In rosacea, the female to male ratio is 3:1. True/false?
False
Localised chronic plaque psoriasis of trunk should NOT be treated with…
Potent topical steroids
Which strain of HPV most commonly causes warts/verrucas?
Types 1-4
Which strain of HPV most commonly causes genital warts?
Types 6 and 11.
Which HPV strains cause cervical cancer?
16 and 18
Arrange the following structures in the order that a red blood cell would pass through them when traveling from the lungs to the big toe. Top to bottom with top being 1st:
- left side heart
- aorta
- abdominal aorta
- common iliac
- external iliac
- femoral artery
- popliteal artery
- dorsalis pedis
- pulmonary vein
1) Pulmonary vein
2) Left side of heart
3) Aorta
4) Abdominal aorta
5) Common iliac
6) External iliac
7) Femoral
8) Popliteal
9) Dorsalis pedis
Creams are more likely than ointments to cause contact sensitisation. True/false?
True - presence of preservatives in cream