Integumentary Diagnostic procedures

Question 1

Removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis, estimate prognosis, or follow the course of a disease

Answer 1

biopsy

Question 2

Any test in which a suspected allergen or sensitizer is applied to or injected into the skin to determine the patient’s sensitivity to i

Answer 2

skin test

Question 3

-the most common skin cancer
-caused by overexposure to the sun
-tumor forms on parts of body exposed to the sun (head, neck, back, hands, FACE)
- non-melanoma cancer which is a malignancy in the basil layer of the skin or in a hair follicle
-it rarely metastasizes (travels)
-it often reoccurs
-common in white, blond, fair skinned men
-they grow slowly, and develop a crust when they do
-can be removed with curettage, electrodesiccation, cryosurgery and radiation therapy

Answer 3

Basil cell carcinoma (BCC)

Question 4

-2nd most common skin cancer non-melanoma skin cancer 2nd to BCC
-caused by exposure to UV radiation
-curable when treated early
-if untreated, can metastasize and cause serious complications
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Answer 4

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

Question 5

If a patient comes in with issues with their nails, what would you find listed on the patients chart?

Answer 5

onychopathy

Question 6

A dx for a fungal infection of the skin would be listed as…

Answer 6

mycosis

Question 7

I am so stressed! Why, the doctor wants to monitor my heart while I walk on the treadmill!

Answer 7

stress test nuclear
Electrocardiography (ECG) taken under controlled exercise stress conditions (typically using a treadmill) while measuring oxygen consumption
ECG that uses a radioisotope to evaluate coronary blood flow

Answer 8

troponin I

Blood test that measures protein released into blood by damaged heart muscle (not skeletal muscle) and is a highly sensitive, specific indicator of recent myocardial infarction (MI)