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Mnemonics Flashcards

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Subcorneal vesiculobullous

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CAATSSIPPP

Candida
Acropustulosis of infancy
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
Transient neonatal pustular melanosis
Sneddon-Wilkinson
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Impetigo, bullous
Pustular psoriasis
Pemphigus foliaceus
Pemphigus erythematosus

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Subepidermal vesiculobullous, neutrophilic

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LLCD

Linear IgA Dermatosis/Chronic bullous disease of the childhood
Lupus erythematosus, bullous
Cicatricial pemphigoid
Dermatitis herpetiformis

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Subepidermal vesiculobullous, eosinophilic

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HAPD

Herpes gestationis
Arthropod bite reaction, bullous
Pemphigoid group (Prototype: Bullous pemphigoid)
Drug eruption, bullous

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Vacuolar interface

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VGFEMSD2P2

Viral exanthem
Graft vs host disease
Fixed drug eruption
Erythema multiforme
Morbiliform drug eruption
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Dermatomyositis
Discoid lupus erythematosus
Pityriasis lichenoides
Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta

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Granulomatous, palisaded

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RNNG

Rheumatoid nodule
Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
Granuloma annulare

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Lichenoid interface

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L5A

Lichen planus
Lichen planus-like keratosis
Lichenoid drug eruption
Lichen nitidus
Lichen striatus
Ashy dermatosis/Erythema dyschromicum perstans

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Intraepidermal vesiculobullous

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DOGP3H3

Darier disease
Orf
Grover’s disease
Pemphigus vulgaris
Pemphigus vegetans
Paraneoplastic pemphigus
Hailey-hailey disease
Herpes virus infection
Hand-foot-mouth disease

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Subepidermal vesiculobullous, non-inflammatory/cell-poor

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P2EB2

Porphyria cutanea tarda
Pressure bulla
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
Bullous pemphigoid, cell-poor
Blister

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Spongiotic, lymphocytic

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CANDIP

Contact dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis
Nummular eczema
Dyshidrotic eczema
Id reaction
Pityriasis rosea

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Psoriasiform, irregular

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LCD

Lichen simplex chronicus/Prurigo nodularis
Chronic eczemas
Dermatophytosis

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Vasculitis

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LHAPT2GIME

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis - small vessel
Henoch Schonlein Purpura/IgA vasculitis - small vessel
ANCA(+) vasculitis (EGPA, GPA, MPA) - small vessel
Polyarteritis nodosa - medium vessel
Takayasu - large vessel
Temporal/Giant cell arteritis - large vessel
Granuloma faciale
Infectious vasculitis
Mixed cryoglobulinemia
Erythema elevatum diutinum

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Psoriasiform, regular

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P4CAR

Psoriasis vulgaris
Psoriasis, guttate
Parapsoriasis
Pityriasis rubra pilaris
Clear cell acanthoma
Acrodermatitis enteropathica/ Glucagonoma/ Pellagra/ Necrolytic acral erythema
Reiter disease

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Neutrophils in the stratum corneum

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PDICSS

Psoriasis
Dermatophytosis
Impetigo
Candida
Seborrheic dermatitis
Syphilis

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Diffuse, histiocytic

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XXXNLLR

Xanthogranuloma
Xanthelasma
Xanthoma
Non-Xanthomatous histiocytosis
Langerhans histiocytosis
Lepromatous leprosy
Rosai-Dorfman

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Sclerosing Dermatitis

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MARLSS

Morphea
Atrophoderma
Radiation dermatitis
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
Systemic sclerosis
Scleroderma

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Spongiotic, eosinophilic

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SHAPPID

Scabies
Herpes gestationis
Arthropod bite reaction
Pemphigus and
Pemphigoid group
Incontinentia pigmenti
Drug eruption

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Diffuse, eosinophilic

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WCAGE

Well’s
Cutaneous larva migrans
Arthropod bite reaction
Granuloma faciale
Eosinophilic fasciitis

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Diffuse, neutrophilic

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STEVPBB

Sweet Syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome
Erythema elevatum diutinum
Vasculitis
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Behcet’s
Bowel-associated dermatosis

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Septal pannicitis prototype

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Erythema nodosum

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Lobular panniculitis with vasculitis prototype

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Erythema induratum

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Lobular panniculitis without vasculitis

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C4ITAP2L2S2

Calciphylaxis
Cold panniculitis
Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis
Crohn’s disease
Infectious panniculitis
Traumatic pannicitis
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency panniculitis
Poststeroid panniculitis
Pancreatic panniculitis
Lipodermatosclerosis
Lupus panniculitis
Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn
Sclerema neonatorum

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Spongiotic, neutrophilic

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TAD

Tinea versicolor
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
Dermatophytosis

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Subepidermal vesiculobullous, lymphocytic

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PELL

PLEVA, bullous
Erythema multiforme, bullous
Lichen planus, bullous
Lichen sclerosus, bullous

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Superficial and Deep Perivascular Dermatitis

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10Ls (LE3Li3Ly2Ly2)

Lepidoptera (ABR)
Leprosy
PLEVA
Lichen striatus
Lichenoid drug eruption
Polymorphic Light eruption
Lymphomatoid papulosis
PseudoLymphoma
Lupus
Lues (Syphilis)

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Granulomatous, Sarcoidal/Naked

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SFHM

Sarcoidosis
Foreign body
Herpes zoster scar
Metastatic/Cutaneous Crohn’s

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Granulomatous, Xanthomatous

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XXX5 (VPETT) RR

Xanthelasma
Xanthogranuloma
Xanthoma, verruciform
Xanthoma, plane
Xanthoma, eruptive
Xanthoma, tendinous
Xanthoma, tuberous
Rosai-Dorfman
Reticulohistiocytosis

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Tuberculoid Granulomatous prototype

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Leprosy

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Suppurative/Mixed cell granuloma

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Infectious agents
Foreign bodies

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Granulomatous, foreign body

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GRTS

Gout
Ruptured cyst
Tattoo reaction
Silica

30
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Diffuse, suppurative

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F2HARD

Foreign body reactions
Factitial dermatitis
Halogenodermas
Acne/Follicular occkusion
Ruptured cyst
Deep fungal infection

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Diffuse, mast cells

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Cutaneous mastocytosis

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Diffuse, lymphocytic

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L2C3

Leukemia cutis
Lymphomatoid papulosis
Cutaneous lymphoma
Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia
Cutaneous metastasis

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