Peer 8 - cutaneous disorders

Question 1

Tx of significant cases of poison ivy, oak, sumac?

Answer 1

oral steroids

Question 2

tx of impetigo?

Answer 2

usually topical abx therapy alone

Question 3

describe bulla?

Answer 3

fluid filled lesion greater than 0.5 cm

Question 4

describe crusts?

Answer 4

dried blood, serum or purulent exudate

Question 5

describe ecchymosis?

Answer 5

purpura larger than 1 cm

Question 6

describe erosion?

Answer 6

defect in epidermis only, physical abrasions, rupture of vesicles and bullae

Question 7

describe erythema?

Answer 7

red skin appearance due to vasodilation of dermal blood vessels

Question 8

describe induration?

Answer 8

dermal thickening that is palpably thick and firm

Question 9

describe lichenification?

Answer 9

visible and palpable epidermal thickening with accentuated skin markings

Question 10

describe macule?

Answer 10

nonpalpable circumscribed area of skin color change

Question 11

describe nodule?

Answer 11

superficial, elevated, solid lesion larger than 0.5 cm in diameter

Question 12

describe patch?

Answer 12

barely elevated plaque

Question 13

describe petechiae?

Answer 13

purpura smaller than 3 mm

Question 14

describe plaque?

Answer 14

plateaulike elevation above skin surface

Question 15

describe purpura?

Answer 15

skin eruption resulting from extravasated blood, nonblancahble

Question 16

describe pustule?

Answer 16

vesicle filled with purulent material

Question 17

describe scales?

Answer 17

flakes of stratum corneum

Question 18

describe telangiectasia?

Answer 18

small blanchable superficial capillaries

Question 19

describe ulcer?

Answer 19

defect that extends into dermis or deeper

Question 20

describe vesicle?

Answer 20

fluid filled circumscirbed lesion smaller than 0.5 cm in diameter

Question 21

describe wheal?

Answer 21

papule or plaque of dermal edema

Question 22

Describe erisypelas?

Answer 22

advancing elevated margin of infection