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MSCT Week 5: Acne and Diseases of the Follicle Flashcards

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Follicle Definition

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the structure that produces the hair shaft

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Basic types of hair shafts

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  • Vellus hairs
  • Terminal hairs
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3
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Question 1

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~100,000 hair follicles on the scalp

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Question 2

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~100 hairs

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5
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Facts about hair

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Areas of skin without hairs

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  • Glaborous skin
  • palms and volar surfaces of fingers
  • soles of feet
  • mucosal surfaces
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7
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Facts about hair loss

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8
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hair follicles are immunologically privledged sites

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9
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Hair follicle cycle of growth

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Hair follicle cycle

Anagen & Catagen phases

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Hair follicle cycle

Telogen & Exogen phases

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Anagen phase

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  • the production phase of the follicle
  • Estrogens prolong
  • Androgens increase growth rate in more dependent follicles
  • 85-90% of scalp follicles are in this phase at any one time
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13
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Catagen Phase

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  • Regression of follicle
  • less than 1% of scalp follicles at any one time
  • a hair follicle in this phase can spend 2-3 weeks regressing
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Telogen Phase

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Resting phase of follicle

10-15% of scalp follicles at any one time are in this phase

A follicle resting in this phase can retain a hair shaft for up to 3 months

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Exogen Phase

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  • Shedding of the hair shaft
  • actually occurs in early part of anagen phase as the follicle starts to regenerate and grow a new hair shaft
  • Involves not only a mechanical displacement of old hair shaft by new hair shaft but a proteolytic process freeing the shaft from the follicle
  • 100-150 hairs shed per day
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16
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Question 3

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Around 20 cycles per lifetime

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17
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Question 4

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80-85%

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18
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Acne epidemiology/associations/long-term effects

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19
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Acne Who is more likely to get acne?

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Question 5

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Blockage of the pilosebaceous unit with keratin debris

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21
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Acne Pathogenesis

4 steps

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22
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Acne Causative agent

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Propionibacterium acnes

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Question 6

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All of the above

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Acne Triggers

6 listed

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Acne Severity

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Acne types

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Acne Conglobata & Fulminans Descriptions

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Acne Conglobata & Fulminans Treatment

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Corticosteroids & Isotretinoin

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Acne Fulminans description

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Conglobata so severe that it elicits a systemic inflammatory response

Isotretinoin & Corticosteroids

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Categorizing Acne for Treatment

31
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Associated Inflammatory Symptoms of Acne

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PAPA(SH): Pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma, gangrenosum, (cystic) Acne & Hidradenitis Suppuritiva

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Comedonal Acne Treatment

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  • Topical Retinoid (BEST)
  • Salicylic Acid
33
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Mild Inflammatory or Mixed Acne Treatment

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Combo topical therapy

  • BP
  • Antibiotic
  • Retinoid
34
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Moderate inflammatory or Mixed Treatment

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Combo Topical Therapy

BP

Antibiotic

Retinoid

+

Oral antibiotic

35
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Severe inflammatory or Mixed Treatment

4 listed

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Combo Topical Therapy

Benzoyl Peroxide

Antibiotic

Retinoid

+

Consider hormonal or isotretinoin

36
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Hormonal Acne Treatment

3 listed

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OCP (oral Contraceptive Pills)

Spironolactone (BP med but blocks androgens)

+/-

Topicals

37
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Nodulocystic Acne Treatment

1 listed

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Isotretinoin

38
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Isotretinoin is a

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Oral retinoid

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Question 7

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Topical Retinoid Tretinoin

40
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Question 8

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Topical Antibiotics and or oral antibiotics

41
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Treating Acne in Adolescence

42
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Postinflammatory Dyspigmentation

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Acne Scarring

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Question 9

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Neonatal cephalic pustulosis (malessezia) Acne mimic

Reassure

No treatment required

45
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Infantile and Childhood Acne

Presents as?

Cause?

Scar?

Treat how?

46
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Childhood Acne

Diagnosis?

Precocious puberty?

How to test?

47
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Hidradenitis Suppuritiva

48
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Question 10

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  • Folliculitis
  • Hot Tub Folliculitis (Pseudomonas)
  • Recent Hot Tub Exposure
49
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Folliculitis

50
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Other Folliculitis Examples

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Question 11

52
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Subtypes of Alopecia

7 listed

53
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Question 12

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alopecia areata and Hypothyroidism is related

54
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Lichen Planus Pilaris Pathology

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Scar and destroy hair follicles

55
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Alopecia Areata is related to…

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Hypothyroidism

56
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Alopecia Areata

57
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Alopecia Areata Increases risk for

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  • autoimmune thyroid problems
  • vitiligo
  • Pernicious Anemia (immune system kills B12 absorbing cells) was fatal before injections
58
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Alopecia Areata Scar formation

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Non-scarring

59
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Androgenic Alopecia in men and women

60
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Trichotillomania

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Question 13

62
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anagen vs telogen effluvium

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