melanoma Flashcards

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1
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intermittent sun exposures with sunburns can lead to

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melanoma

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2
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most common type of melanoma is

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superficial spreading

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3
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Most common type of melanoma
30-50 yrs old
lower legs in females
trunk/back in men

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Superficial spreading melanoma

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4
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melanoma that presents in 6th decade
M>f
TRUNK> head/neck
Thick with poor prognosis

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nodular melanoma

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5
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melanoma that presents in 7th decade
chronic sun exposed sites
slow growing

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Lentigo maligna melanoma

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6
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most common melanoma in Caucasians

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acral lentiginous

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7
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prognostic factors for melanoma

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thickness
ulceration
mitotic index

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8
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management of melanoma

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excisional biopsy

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9
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flesh-colored, symmetric erythematous papule with regular borders

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dermal nevus

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10
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flat, brownish colored nevi are

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junctional

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11
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raised, brownish colored nevi are

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compound

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12
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raised and skin-colored nevi are

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Dermal

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13
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65M
multiple lesions on trunk
intermittently pruritic, crust and fall-off
well-defined verruciform, stuck-on, papule

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Seborrheic keratosis

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14
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age spots, wisdom spots 
onset after 30 
mainly on trunk, spares palms/soles 
can be itchy 
well-defined stuck-on, wart-like
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seborrheic keratosis

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15
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Sudden appearance of +++ SK is a sign of

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Leser-trelat

most associated with gastric adeno

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16
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symmetric, friable, papule with a collarette of scale

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pyogenic granuloma

17
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solitary, round, firm papule of scar tissue, secondary to trauma or insect bite, dimple sign when squeezed

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dermatofibroma