MKSAP Derm (oops) Flashcards
Initial phototherapy treatment for plaque psoriasis on 20% coverage.
Narrowband UVB
What is photodynamic therapy used for?
Treatment of actinic keratoses
What is Psoralen plus UV therapy used for?
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Tender subcutaneous nodules from vascular inflammation, stellate erosions, or ulcerations from ischemia in the watershed of the affected vessels, and may develop livedo reticularis or livedoid purpura.
Polyarteritis nodosa (cutaneous-only)
PAN is a medium-vessel vasculitis not associated with ANCAs
Palpable purpura is an indication of ____-vessel vasculitis.
Small
Bilateral anterior shin tender pink-brown nodules, intermittent
Erythema nodosum
A ______ is recommended in the evaluation of erythema nodosum to assess for the presence of lymphoma, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, and fungal infection such as coccidioidomycosis.
CXR
Dusky pustules or purpura, fever, chills, polyarthralgia
Disseminated gonococcal infection
What is pitted keratolysis?
Superficial bacterial infection characterized by small pits and punctate erosions primarily on the plantar aspects of the feet; risk factors include increased perspiration (hyperhidrosis) and prolonged occlusion of the feet.
What is Aquagenic keratoderma?
Wrinkling, translucency, and scaling of the palmar hands and plantar feet shortly after exposure to water and is associated with carrier status of the cystic fibrosis gene
Rash in intertriginous areas such as the axillae and the crural folds. Skin may develop a finely wrinkled, cigarette paper texture. will fluoresce to a coral red color with a Wood lamp examination because of bacterial porphyrin production.
Erythrasma
On feet pink or red scaly plaques with a serpiginous or arcuate discrete border. Scale is often emphasized at the edge of plaques. Pustules may be present at hair follicles
Tinea pedis
Psoriasis can flare to _____ following brief use of systemic glucocorticoids.
Erythroderma
What is Sezary syndrome?
Acute leukemic variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
