MuscSkCT - FA Patho Derm p465 - 473 Flashcards
Name the pathology associated with this dermal morphology: honey crusts
Impetigo caused by GAS
Name the pathology associated with this dermal morphology: transient smooth plaque/papule known as wheal
Urticaria
Name the pathology associated with this dermal morphology: bulla
Bullous pemphigoid,
Name the pathology associated with this dermal morphology: flaking off skin, scales
Psoriasis Eczema
Hemidesmosomes connect ————— to ————? Which pathology is associated with it?
keratin in basal cells ; basement membrane. Bullous pemphigoid
Which layer of the epidermis produces progenitor cells
Stratum Basale
Which layer of the epidermis has diffuse layers of keratin?
Stratum Corneum
Which layer of the epidermis has desmosomes? Which pathology is associated with them
Stratum spinosum. Auto immune destruction of desmosomes is observed in pemphigous vulgaris
Which structure allows for communication in gaps junctions?
Connexons (channel proteins)
Loss of these filaments with these abnormal proteins in this junction leads to metastasis?
Mutated E-cadherins without actin filaments in Zonula adherens (Adherens JXN)
Which tumors is MG associated with
Thymoma
Which type of hypersensitivity is Vitiligo associated with
Type IV
Failure of NC to migrate to the skin and decreased number of melanocytes
Piebaldism
normal migration of NC cells with decreased melanin granules
Albinism
What two conditions can lead to acquired hyperpigmentation of the face in females?
1) Pregnancy 2) OCP usage
Differentiate b/w Acantholysis and Acanthosis (pathologies associated with it)
Acanthosis- epidermal hyperplasia (nigricans in metabolic syndrome) Acantholyis- separation of epidermal cells (pemphigus vulgaris
staphylococcal Exotoxin destroys keratinocyte attachments in — only vs. toxic epidermal necrolysis, which destroys —.
stratum granulosum epidermal-dermal junction
T or F? HSV1 and HSV2 can cause herpetic whitlow?
T (finger) (dentist and wrestlers)