Skin

Question 1

Benign lesions

Answer 1

FIBROEPITHILIAL POLYPS = Skin tags
NAEVI = Moles
Sebaceous Cysts
Seborrheic keratosis
Haemangioma

Question 2

What are fibroepithelial polyps?

Answer 2

Skin tags

Flesh coloured

Question 3

What are naevi?

Answer 3

Moles
Proliferation of melanocytes - pigment producing cells
Naevus cells within..
1) Dermo epidermal junction
2) Dermo epidermal junction and dermis
3) just in dermis

Question 4

What are sebaceous cysts?

Answer 4

2 types of cyst

• epidermal
• pilar

Derived from invagination of epithelium

Question 5

What is seborrhoeic karatosis

Answer 5

Arise spontaneously

Trunk head & neck

Question 6

Heamongiomas

Answer 6

Benign vascular of the dermis
Tend to occur in children
Blue/red surface

Question 7

What are examples of malignant skin conditions?

Answer 7

Basal cell carcinoma
Bowen’s disease
Squamous cell carcinoma
Melanoma

Question 8

What is basal cell carcinoma?

Answer 8

Most common human cancer
Slow growing tumour that rarely metastasise
Occurs at sun exposure sites

Question 9

What’s Bowen’s disease?

Answer 9

Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
Epidermal dysphasia
SUN DAMAGE

Question 10

What is squamous cell carcinoma?

Answer 10

Second commercial skin tumour of sun exposure sites in older people

Question 11

Skin melanoma?

Answer 11

Sun damaged skin
Can be aggressive and spread widely
Fairy common

Question 12

What are examples of skin rashes?

Answer 12

Eczema
Psoriasis
Scabies

Question 13

What is eczema?

Answer 13

Many different skin condition can effect any part of body

Itching, burning rash, blisters

Question 14

What is psoriasis?

Answer 14

Commonly affects elbows, knees, scalp, penis

Associated with nail change, arthritis, myopathy, enterpopathy, and spandylic joint disease

Question 15

What is scabies?

Answer 15

Common and very itchy, caused by scabies mites
Spread by skin to skin contact
Mites found in web of fingers, palms, wrist, ankles, soles of feet
Burrows appear as small grey lines on skin

Question 16

Symptoms of meningitis?

Answer 16

Unwell headache
Stiff neck
Photophobia 
Aching limbs
Rapid deterioration 
Develop rash or tiny spots which develop into purple brushing which is non blanching