Seborrheic keratosis Flashcards

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Sharply demarcated, pigmented lesions, raised and rarely macular, stuck on quality

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SKs

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Compared with SKs, nevi typically occur in

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the first 3 decades of life (SKs after 4th)

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how do you confirm SKs?

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pick on lesion, it may crumble, flake off, superficial waxy character

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4
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how can SKs be treated?

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curettage
cryotherapy
electrodessication
shave removal

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multiple small hyperpigmented sessile, filiform, smooth-surfaced papules

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dermatosis papulosa nigra

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how do you NOT treat dermatosis papulosa nigra

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Freezing! can cause unsightly hypopigmentation

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common treatment for dermatosis papulosa nigra

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Light electrodessication - causing superficial destruction

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Small white-gray SKs pepper dorsal feet and ankles of older fair-skinned individuals

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Stucco keratoses - treat with cryo, curretage, dessication

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9
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cherry angiomas usually appear in which decade

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4th decade and increase in number over time

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Changing blue to black color, pink-red at times, papule or plaque may ulcerate or bleed - DDx

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r/o nodular melanoma

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Firm hyperpigmented dome-shaped papules (tan-pink in patients with lightly pigmented skin) with a peripheral rim of darkening pigment is common

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Dermatofibroma

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lesion that dimples - dimple sign - nodule

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dermatofibroma

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13
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sun spots or liver spots also called

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solar lentigines

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yellowish flesh colored smooth papules, sometimes umbilicated

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sebaceous hyperplasia

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15
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overgrowth of scar tissue associated with abnormal wound healing

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keloids

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16
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Treatment of keloids

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intralesional corticosteroid injections

17
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Compressible cystic mass with clinically visible punctum, mobile dermal nodule

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epidermal inclusion cyst

18
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which glands do epidermal inclusion cysts arise from?

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Hair follicles NOT oil glands

19
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Definitive treatment of epidermal inclusion cysts

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Complete surgical excision

20
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EICs can become inflamed but they do not require

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oral antibiotics

21
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What can be used to treat the inflammation in EICs?

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Intralesional tramcinolone injections

22
Q

yellow subepidermal papule fixed and persistent

A

Milia

23
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What is the treatment of Milia?

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Easily extracted without scarring

24
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Mobile, soft , subcutaneous nodule, lacking overlying skin changes - treatment is

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surgical and considered elective

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