pp skin, mm, bone, Rheu Flashcards
What are 1st degree burns?
Red (epidermis)
What are 2nd degree burns?
Blisters (hypodermis)
What are 3rd degree burns?
Painless neuropathy (dermis)
What diseases have palm and sole rashes?
“TRiCKSSS”
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Rocky Mountain spotted fever Coxsackie A:
Hand-Foot-Mouth disease Kawasaki
Scarlet fever
Staph Scaled Skin
Syphilis
What is Erythema Multiforme?
Target lesions (viral, drugs)
What is Stevens Johnson syndrome?
Erythema Multiforme Major (mouth, eye, vagina)
What is Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis?
Stevens Johnson w/ skin sloughing
What is Pemphigus vulgaris?
Ab against desmosomes => circular immunofluorescence, in epidermis, oral lesions, + Nikolsky sign
What is Bullous Pemphigoid?
Ab against hemidesmosomes => linear immunofluoresence, subepidermal, “floating” keratinocytes, eosinophils
What is Eczema?
Dry flaky dermatitis in flexor creases “itch that rashes”
What is Nummular dermatitis?
Circular eczema
What is Spongiotic eczema?
Weeping eczema: scratching causes oozing “like a sponge”
What is Lichenification?
Scratching => thick leathery skin
What is Pityriasis Rosea?
Herald patch that follows skin lines (Tx: sunlight) “C-mas tree pattern”
What is Lichen Planus?
Polygonal pruritic purple papules
Very itchy
What is Scabies?
Linear excoriation “burrows” in webs of fingers, toes, belt line (Sarcoptes scabies)
What does UV-A cause?
Aging
What does UV-B cause?
Burns and cancer
What are the ABCD’s that indicate worse prognosis of skin cancer?
- Asymmetric
- Irregular Borders
- Color differences
- > 4mm Diameter
What does the Clark level tell you?
Invasion of melanoma
What does Breslow’s classification tell you?
Depth of melanoma
Where are Malignant
Melanomas usually found?
Males: back Females: leg
What is the precursor of a Malignant Melanoma?
Hutchison’s freckle
What are the types of Malignant Melanomas?
Superficial spreading: most common, flat brown
Nodular: worst prognosis, black, dome- shape
Lentigo maligna melanoma: elderly pts, fair-skin
Acral lentigous: AIDS pts, dark skin
Where are Squamous Cell carcinomas usually found?
Flat flaky stuff on lower face, keratin pearls
What is the precursor of Squamous Cell carcinoma?
Actinic keratosis (red scaly plaque)
What are the types of Squamous Cell carcinoma?
Bowen’s disease: SCC in situ on uncircumcised penis dorsum
Verrucous carcinoma: wart on foot
Where are Basal Cell carcinomas usually found?
Pearly papules on upper face, palisading nuclei, good prognosis
What are the types of Basal Cell carcinomas?
Nodular: waxy nodule w/ central necrosis
Superficial: red scaly plaques, like eczema
Pigmented: looks like melanoma
Sclerosing: yellow waxy plaques
What is Acne Rosacea?
Blush all the time, worse w/ stress/alcohol
What is a Brown Recluse Spider Bite?
Painful black necrotic lesion
What is Cellulitis?
Warm red skin
What is Cutaneous Anthrax?
Painless black necrotic lesion
What is a Decubitus Ulcer?
Bedsore
What is a DVT?
Blood clot in veins, associated w/ hypercoagulable state
What is Erysipelas?
Shiny red, raised, does not blanch, usually on face, assoc w/ Strep pyogenes
What is Icthyosis?
Gradual lizard skin
What is Miliaria?
“Heat rash”: burning, itching papules on trunk
What is Molluscum Contagiosum?
Fleshy papules w/ central dimple, pox virus (can be STI)
What is Psoriasis?
Silver scales on extensors, nail pitting, differentiated too fast, worse w/ stress
* Auspitz sign: remove scale =>
pinpoint bleeding
* Koebner’s phenomenon: lesions at
sites of skin trauma
What is a Pyogenic Granuloma?
Vascular nodule at site of previous injury
What is Seborrheic Dermatitis?
Dandruff in eyebrows, nose, behind ears
What is Seborrheic Keratosis?
Rubbery warts with aging, greasy
What is Thrombophlebitis?
Vein inflammation w/ thrombus
What is Vitiligo?
White patches, anti-melanocyte Ab
What is Xeroderma Pigmentosa?
Bad DNA repair
What is Erythema Chronicum
Lyme disease (solitary lesion that spreads)
What is Erythema Infectiosum?
Fifth disease “slapped cheeks” due
to Parvovirus B19
What is Erythema Marginatum?
Rheumatic fever (red margins)
What is Erythema Multiforme?
Target lesions due to HSV,
Phenytoin, Barbs, Sulfas
What is Erythema Multiforme Major?
Stevens Johnson syndrome (> 1 mucosal surface)
What is Erythema Nodosum?
Fat inflammation (painful red nodules on legs), sarcoidosis
Where is CK-MB found?
Heart
Where is CK-MM found?
Muscle
Where is CK-BB found?
Brain
Why should you wait 30min after a meal before swimming?
All blood in gut and skeletal mm. have ran out of ATP
How does a neurogenic muscle disease present?
Distal weakness + fasiculations
How does a myopathic muscle disease present?
Proximal weakness + pain
What is a light chain composed of?
Actin
What is a heavy chain composed of?
Myosin
What band of the sarcomere does not change length?
A band
Where are the T-tubules located?
Cardiac muscle: Z line
Skeletal muscle: A-I
junction
What is Duchenne’s MD?
Dystrophin frameshift, Gower sign, calf pseudohypertrophy
What is Becker’s MD?
Dystrophin missense, sx >5 y/o
What is Myotonic Dystrophy?
Bird’s beak face, can’t let go when shake hands
What is Myasthenic syndrome = Lambert-Eaton?
Gets stronger as day goes by, stronger w/ EMG, not small cell CA associated
What is Myasthenia gravis?
Gets weaker as day goes, stronger w/ Edrophonium, weaker w/ EMG, rule out thymoma
What is Multiple sclerosis?
Anti-myelin Ab, young woman w/ vision problems, sx come &go
What is Metachromatic Leukodystrophy?
Arylsulfatase deficiency, kid with MS presentation
What is Ataxia Telangectasia?
Spider veins, IgA deficiency