Rapid review Flashcards
Stuck on waxy appearance
Seborrheic keratosis
Erythematous plaques with silvery scales
Psoriasis
Pearly nodule with superficial telangiectasis
BCC
Honey-crusted lesions
Impetigo
Febrile patient with history of diabetes presents with a red, swollen, painful lower extremity
Cellulitis
+ Nikolsky, flaccid bullae and treatment
Pemphigus, high dose systemic steroids and immunomodulatory therapy
- Nikolsky, tense bullae and treatment
Pemphigoid, topical steroids
Obese patients with hyper pigmented velvety patches
Acanthosis nigricans
Dermatomal distribution of crusted vesicles
Zoster
Violaceous, flat-topped, priority, polygonal papule or plaques
LP
Iris like target lesions
Erythema multiform
Lesion occurring in a geometric pattern in areas where skin comes into contact with clothing or jewlery
Contact dermatitis
Presents with one large patch and many smaller ones in a treelike distribution
Pityriasis rosea
Flat, hypo pigmented lesions on chest and back
Tinea versicolor
Premalignant lesion caused by sun exposure that can lead to SCC
Actinic keratosis
Cradle cap treatment
Conservatively with bathing and moisturizing agents
Acne vulagaris bacteria
Propionibacterium
Painful, recurrent vesicular eruption of mucocutaneous surfaces
HS
Inflammation and thinning of the anogenital area in post menopausal women
LS
Ulcerated nodule with erosion on sun-damaged skin
SCC
Lesions along draining lymphatics in gardener
Sporothrix schenckii
Treatment of stroke within 3-4.5 hours
Thrombolytics
Most common pituitary tumour treatment
Dopamine agonist
CSF findings in SAH
Increased ICP, RBCs, and xanthochromia
Lens shaped hyper density on CT head
Epidural
Most common epidural hematoma
Middle meningeal artery
Crescent shaped hyper density on CT
Subdurall
Aluminocytologic dissociation
GBS
Most common brain neoplasm
Mets
Most common primary sources of mets to the brain
Lung, breast, skin, kidney, GI
Most common cause of kids seizures
Infection, febrile seizures, trauma, idiopathic
Most common cause of seizure in young adults
Trauma, alcohol withdrawal, brain tumour
EEG in absence seizures
3-per-second spike and wave
First line for status epileptics
IV BZD
Hearing loss in presbyscus
High frequency
Ring enhancing lesions in patient with AIDS
Toxoplasmosis, CNS lymphoma
Nerve stimulation LEMS vs MG
MG - decremental response
LEMS - incremental response
IIH risk factors
Obesity, tetracycline, growth hormone, excess vitamin A
Wernicke caused by
B1 deficiency
Treatment for GBS
IVIg or plasmapheresis, avoid steroids
Kluver Bucy syndrome affects the
Amygdala
Meningitis in adults, elderly, and AIDS, neonates, infants
Neisseria
Strep
Crypto
GBS, ecoli, listeria
strep, n menin, h influenza
What has to always be done before LP
Check for ICP increase
