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What are the 5 layers of the epidermis?

A 
stratum basale, 
stratum spinosum,
 stratum granulosum, 
stratum lucidum,
 stratum corneum
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What are the 4 thing in the dermis?

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Dermal papillae,
 hair follicle,
 basaL. Cell, 
sebaceous gland, 
desmosome
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Name 4 disorders of pigmentation

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vitiligo,
Melasma,
Freckles (ephelides,
Benign lentigo.

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Name the three non-malignant melanocytic tumors.

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Congenital melanocytic tumor (birthmark),
Nevocellular Nevus (mole),
Dysplastic Nevi,

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Name 4 malignant melanomas.

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lentigo Maligna melanoma,
Superficial spreading melanoma,
acral lentiginous melanoma,
nodular melanoma

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What is the prognosis for malignant melanoma?

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Level 1 - 100%, 
Level 2 - 93%, 
Level 3 - 71%, 
Level 4 - 59%, 
Level 5- 36%
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How is malignant melanoma treated? Three ways

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wide surgical excision, or
chemo if systemic,
may resolve spontaneously

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What melanoma has the worst prognosis?

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Nodular Melanoma,

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What are used to help ID nodular melanoma?

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Elevation,
Firm and
Growing, EFG

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Most common melanoma in darker skinned people?

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Acral lentiginous Melanoma

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Where does acral lentiginous melanoma affect?

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Palms,
under nails,
soles, and
sublingual

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What is the most common melanoma over all?

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superficial spreading melanoma

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Pattern for growth of spreading malignant melanoma?

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Horizontal growth, not deep.

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What malignant melanoma has best prognosis?

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Lentigo maligna melano, ususally found on face and neck

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What is the danger of a giant gongenital nevi?

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They have an increased risk of developing melanoma

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What disorders of pigmentation has a loss of melanocytes?

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vitiligo

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What disorder of pigmentation has proliferation of melanocytes on the face?

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melasma

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What pigment disorder is caused by hormones?

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melasma

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What pigment order doesn’t change or get better?

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vitilago, once melanocytes are gone you won’t have pigment

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What causes freckles?

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Same number of Melanocytes are making more pigment, melanin

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What is the other name for freckles?

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ephelides

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what pigmentation disorder has melanocytic hyperplasia?

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benign lentigo, it?s the local proliferation of melanocytes that you are not born with.

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what is a benign tumor of melanocytes?

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Mole, Nevocellular Nevus

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What are the three types of Nevi?

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Junctional,
compound,
intradermal

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gross appearance of a mole or nevocellular nevus

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uniform color,
defined borders,
stable size and shape,

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What can look like a dysplastic Nevi?

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cutaneous melanoma

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What is dysplastic nevus syndrome?

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specific gene causes one to have multaple dysplastic nevi and an increased risk of melanoma

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What is a dysplastic nevi?

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Large, irregular shape and color.

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What does dysplastic nevi show microscopically?

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cytological and archeticular atypia

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30
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Risk factors for Malignant melanoma?

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sunburns,
 chronic uv exposure, 
fair skin, 
dysplastic nevus syndrome,
 familia mutation of tumor supressor gene.
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what location generally gets the least malignant melanoma?

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head

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32
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where do men get malignant melanoma most?

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trunk, upper back

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Woman, malignant melanom most oftern?

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back and legs.

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what melanoma is often found in the face or neck of older individuals and has the best prognosis?

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lentigo Maligna melanoma,

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what melanoma has a horizontal growth pattern?

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superficial spreading melanoma

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what melanoma is most common in darker skinned people and sublingually?

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acral-lentiginous melanoma

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what is the melanoma that you don?t want the most?

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Nodular Melanoma,

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describe nodular melanoma

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nodular tumor, vertical growth patter that allows it to spread fast.

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List epidermal - dermal lesions

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Acanthrosis nigricans - seborrheic Keratosis - Psoriasis - pempigus - Bullous emhigoid - Ichthyosis vulgaris - xerosis - Eczema - polymouphus light eruption - Chronic cutaneous lupus erythematous - erythema multiforme - Pityriasis Rosea - Granuloma Annulare - erythema Nodosum - Epidermal inclusion cyst -

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What should hold adjacent epidermal cells together?

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Desmosomes

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Acanthosis Nigricans looks like what?

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thickened hyperpigmented skin at neck, armpit and groin

Ring around the collar

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what skin conditon is assciated with obesity and hyperisnulinism?

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acanthosis nigricans.

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What more dangerous pathology could be associatate with acanthosis nigricans?

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stomach and gastrointestinal malignancies.

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what is the key feature of Seborrheic Keratosis?

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stuck on appearance.

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How would Seborrheic keratosis look microscopically?

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basaloid epidermal hyperplasia - horn cysts.

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what could sudden development of suborrheic keratosis accompany?

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underlying malignancy

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where would the middle aged and elderly develop suborrheic keratosis?

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trunk,
head,
neck
extreamities.

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Seborrheic keratosis

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benign squamoproliferative neoplasm -
stuck on -
old/middle aged -
Leser trelat, underlying malignancy

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What % of population is affected by Psoriasis?

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One %

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most common form of Psoriasis?

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Psorisis vulgaris

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What can psorisis also be associated with?

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arthritis,
enteropathy,
myopathy

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Psoriasis

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autoimmune disorder accompanied by increased proliferation and turnover of epidermal keratinocytes

53
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Common Psoriasis sites?

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knees,
elbows,
scalp

54
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What would psoriasis look like?

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well demarcated erythematous plaque with silvery scale

55
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What is auspitz sign?

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scraping off scales and the layer below causing pinpoint bleeding

56
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Under microscope what would elongation of the dermal ridges indicate?

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psoriasis

57
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What pathology has hyperkeratinization with parakeratosis?

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psoriasis

58
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How is psoriasis treated?

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steroids,
UV radiation
methotrexate

59
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What skin pathologies cause blisters?

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  • Pemphigus both vulgaris and foliaceus,
  • bullous Pemphigoid
  • dermatitis herpetiformis
60
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What sign can indicate pemphigus?

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Nikolski’s sign, blister border expands and its easily torn

61
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What type of disorder is pemphigus?

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autoimmune, pemphigus vulgaris is the most common,

62
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What type of Antibodies that attack desmosomes in pemphigus?

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IgG

63
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acantholysis is what?

A

loss of intercellular adhesions

64
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What is pemphigus?

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rare autoimmune disorder, potentially fatal, blisters, acantholysis,

65
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Is pemphigus or bullous pemphigoid more common?

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Bullous pemphigoid

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What is bullous pemphigoid?

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autoimmune disorder of older people, Separation of the epidermis from dermis causing subepidermal blister formation, so they are hard to pop

67
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What could indicate the difference betweem pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid?

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Pemphigus blisters tear easily and the edges spread, bullous pempigoid blisters do not tear easily

68
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What is the antibody that attacks epidermal junction in buuous pemphigus?

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IgG

69
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what is dermatitis herpetiformis often associated with?

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  • celiac sprue

- subepidermal blisters often in a line that form at tips of dermal papille

70
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what antibodies attack gliadin and other antigens that deposit in tips of papillae?

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IgA

71
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what skin disorder can be treated with gluten free diet?

A

dermatitis herpetiformis

72
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what conditon looks like aligator?

A

ichthyosis vulgaris

73
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how does one get ichthyosis vulgaris?

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common inherited disorder

74
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what is ichthyosis vulgaris?

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characterized by thickened stratum corneum and nearly absent granulosum. 
Hyperkeratotic fry skin 
-palm 
-soles and 
-extensor areas
75
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what is Xerosis?

A

Abnormal dryness of the skin or musus membranes

76
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eczema

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group of inflammatory skin disoriders characterized by pruitus (iching)

77
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what is puritus?

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Another word for iching

78
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types of Eczema?

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acute,
chronic,
atopic dermitius,
contact dermitiis

79
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What does acute eczema cause?

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vesicular erythematous (red) rash

80
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What does erythematous mean?

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Red, so a red rash

81
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what does chronic eczema look like?

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chronic scratching followed by dry, thickened hyperkeratonic skin.

82
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What mediates atopic dermititus hypersensitivity?

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IgE mediated, causes dry skin and eczema

83
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what is the most common form of photodermatosis?

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polymorphous light eruption

84
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polymouphous light eruption,

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erythematous(red) macules,
papules,
plaques, or
vesicles on exposure to sun

85
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macule

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change in surface color w/o elevation or depression.

86
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Papule

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solid elevation of skin with no visible fluid

87
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Plaque

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solid raised flat topped leison greater than 1 cm

88
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vesicule

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small fluid filled sacks that form on skin

89
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What does chronic cutaneous lupus erythematous cause?

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epidermal atrophy, DNA anti DNA complexes in basment membrane of epideris.

90
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How does lupus often appear?

A

butterfly rash on face - red, erythematous maculopapular eruption

91
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Erythema multiforme?

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hypersensitivity skin reaction to infection that gives bullseye rask

92
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How is erythema multiforme characterized?

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bullae (blisters),
targetoid red lesions, and
vesicles.

93
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Bullae

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blister bigger than 1 cm.

94
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pityriasis Rosea

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Christmas tree,
puritic rash,
herald patch,
following upper respiratory infection

95
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Granuloma annulare

A

rare,
autoimmune reddish bumps in
form of ring

96
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Granuloma is caused by an overproductive what?

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WBC - leukocyttosis - they can flow freely the clump.

97
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who is more likely to have granuloma annulare?

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women

98
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Erythema nodosum?

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raised erythematous (red) painful nodules of subcutaneous fat, anteror shins.

99
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How is erythema nodosum treated?

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pain killers and it ususally resolves spontaneously in 3-6 weeks

100
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On what age is erythema nodosum found mostly

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12 -20 years

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What is filled with keratin debries?

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epidermal inclusion cyst

102
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What are the types of malingant tumors?

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  • squamous carcinoma -

- basal cell carcinoma -

103
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What can be a precursor or basal cell carcinoma?

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actinic keratosis - old people hands

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actinic keratosis characteristics?

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  • rough, red papules on face, arms and hands,

- induced by sun

105
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What is happenning cellularly in actinic keratosis?

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sun induced dysplasia of keratinocytes

106
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Characteristic of squamous cell carcinoma?

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tan nodular mass which commonly ulcerates

107
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Microscopic squamous cell carcinoma?

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nests of atypical keratinocytes that invade dermis, keratin pearls,

108
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Keratoacanthoma

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horn, rapidly growing domeshaped nodules with a central keratin filled crater

109
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what is the normal prognosis for squamous cell carcinoma?

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rarly metastazie, cut out will cure

110
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What is the most common tumor in adults in the western world

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basal cell carcinoma

111
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where does basal cell carcinoma arise from?

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basal cells of hair follicles

112
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what does basal cell carcinoma look like?

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sun exposed surfaces, 
pearly papules,
nodules with translucent borders, 
telangiectasia, 
ulceration
113
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what does basal cell carcinoma look like microscopically?

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invasive nests of basoloid cells with palisading groth pattern

114
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Prognossis for basal cell carcinoma?

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slow growing, rarly metastasize

115
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treatment for basal cell carcinoma?

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complete excision

116
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What is histocytosis X?

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proliferation of langerhans cells, which are normally in epidermis.

117
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variants of histocytosis X?

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unifocal, multifocal, acute diseminated.

118
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What are 4 main points about Psorisis?

A

Autoimmune with increased proliferation and turnover of epidermal keratinocytes

  • effects 1% of pop
  • genetic component
  • associated with arthritis, enteropath and myopathy
119
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Main characteristics of Actinic keratosis (old lady hands)

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  • SUn induced dysplasia of keratinocytes
  • possible precursor to SCC
  • rough red papules on face arms and hands
120
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Vitilago characteristics

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  • irregular patches of depigmentation
  • possible genetic component
  • missing melanocytes
121
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Pemphigus character

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  • rare but possibly fatal
  • pemphigus vulgaris is most common
  • autoantibodies: acantholysis
  • attack desmoglein 3 of desmosime
122
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Acantosis Nigricans

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  • thickened hyperpigmented skin at neck and pits
  • hyperinsulenism
  • obesity
  • malignancy , (digestive tract)
123
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Dysplastic nevi

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  • increased risk of melanoma
  • cmm1 gene, chromosome 1, autosomal dominant
  • may have more than one
124
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Malignant melanoma

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  • increasing in US
  • fair skinned more common
  • familial form, loss of function in p16 tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 9
125
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Nevocellular Nevi

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  • sharp well defined borders
  • stable shape and size
  • malignant transformation uncommon
  • uniform color

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