Psoriasis Flashcards

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A. What’s the most common type of psoriasis?

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Plaque psoriasis 80%

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A. In arthropathy psoriasis, which symptoms usually appear first, skin or joints?

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Skin in 70%

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A. What’s Koebner phenomenon?

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It’s the outbreak of skin following a minor trauma in psoriatic ptn ( psoriatic feature )

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Q. Psoralen & Ultraviolet light ( PUVA ) treatment is ass. with what type of cancers?

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Sq. Cell carcinoma & possibly melanoma

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A. For ptn who is planning to treat psoriasis with infleximab, what test must be done before starting treatment?

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Tuberculin test +/- chest X-ray ( because infleximab is known by reactivating TB

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