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1
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What is the top layer of skin?

A

Horny Layer

Stratum corneum

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What layer is between the Corneum and Spinosum?

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Stratum Granulosm

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What does the Granule in Granulosm refer to?

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Keratinohyaline granules

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What layer is between the Stratum Granulosm and the Stratum basalis?

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Stratum Spinosum

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5
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What is below the dermis in skin?

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Subcutaneous fat

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6
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What is septae made up

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fibrous connective tissue

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7
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Why is it important to know about fat lobules?

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Because there are inflammatory diseases of fat tissue as well - panniculitis

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8
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What is an excoriation?

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Scratch: A lesion breaking the epidermis and causing a red linear mark

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9
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What is lichenification

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Thick/rough skin

Usually occurs due to repeated rubbing

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10
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What is a macule

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flat circumscribed area that is 5mm or less and distinguished by differing skin color

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What is a papule

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elevated lesion 5mm or less in diameter

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12
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What do you call a macule if it is greater than 5mm?

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Patch

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nodule

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papule that is greater than 5mm

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Pustule

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Discreet, pus-filled, raised lesion

Pus filled Papule

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15
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Scale

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Dry, plate-like

from defects in keratinization

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16
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Small blister

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vesicle

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17
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Large blister

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bulla

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18
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Acantholysis

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loss of intercellular adhesion of keratinocytes

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19
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Aconthosis

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diffuse epidermal hyperplasia

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20
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What does -tosis mean

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Too much of something and no inflammation

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21
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Dyskeratosis

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Abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below stratum granulosum

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Hyperkeratosis

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Hyperplasia of the stratum corneum

Typically a qualitative abnormality of keratin

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23
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Lentiginous

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Linear melanocyte proliferation along the epidermal basal cell layer

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Papillomatosis

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Hyperplasia and enlargement of the dermal papillae

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Parakeratosis

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Keratinization characterized by retention of the nuclei in the stratum corneum

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26
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Where is parakeratosis normal?

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Buccal mucosa (and in some other mucosae)

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27
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Spongiosis

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Edema of the epidermis

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28
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What does acute inflammation mean in dermatology

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Days to weeks (not 24 hours)
Mononuclear infiltrate (vs. Neutrophilic)
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29
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Describe a plaque

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elevated, flat-topped lesion

usually greater than 5mm in diameter

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30
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What is the common name for urticaria

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hives

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31
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What causes hives

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dermal microvascular hyperpermeability

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32
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What cell is integral to hives

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Mast Cells

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33
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Urticaria is a Type ___ Hypersensitivity

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Type 1

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34
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What molecule is released by mast cells to cause hives

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Histamine

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35
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What are wheals?

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Pruritic plaques specific to hives

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36
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Type 1

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Exposed to antigen
IgE
Mast Cells

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37
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Type 2

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IgG/IgM

Sensitivity to autoantigen

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Type 3

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Immune Complex Mediated
Deposition of complex in distant tissue sites
e.g. Lupus

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Type 4

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Cell mediated
Activated T Cells activate Macrophages
e.g. MS

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40
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Allergic contact dermatitis

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topical exposure to antigen

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41
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Atopic dermatitis

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allergic exposure that may have a genetic component

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42
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Drug related eczematous dermatitis

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Hypersensitivity to a drug

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43
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What is pruritus

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itching

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44
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Erythema Multiforme

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Uncommon
Self-limited
Hyper response to drugs

45
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What type of lesion is associated with erythema multiforme

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Targetoid

this and lyme disease are the only diseases with it

46
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What causes life threatening forms of E. multiforme

47
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What happens with serious forms of E. multiforme?

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Sloughing of epidermis (life threatening)

48
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Chronic Inflammatory Dermatoses

A

Months to Years
Lichenification
e.g. psoriasis, lichen planes, lichen simplex chronicus

49
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Psoriasis

A

T cells home to dermis and induce hyperplasia and proliferative changes

50
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What risk is increases with psoriases

A

cardiovascular

51
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What lesions indicate Psoriasis

A

Salmon colored plaques with silver/white scales

52
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What joint condition is associated with Psoriasis?

53
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Lichen Planus

A

CD8 response to basal cell layer at dermoepidermal junction

54
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What age group gets lichen planus

A

Middle aged adults

55
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Prognosis of lichen planus

A

resolves in 1-2 years but oral version requires treatment

56
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Necrotic basal cells of lichen planus

A

Civatte bodies

57
Q

Other lichen planus key terms

A

Wickham striae
Zig zag dermoepidermal interface
chronicity
Reticular lesion pattern

58
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Lichen simplex chronicus

A

Roughening of the skin with appearance of lichen on a tree

59
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What causes LSChronicus

A

response to local trauma such as rubbing or scratching

60
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What is ectasia

A

dilation of anything in pathology

61
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Impetigo lesion

A

Small macule that evolves to larger lesion

Honey colored crust of dried serum

62
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What bacterium causes Impetigo

A

Staph aureus

Strep pyogenes

63
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What causes warts

64
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What kind of proteins do HPV virions produce

A

oncoproteins

65
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verruca vulgaris

A

standard wart

papular rough surface

66
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verruca plana

A

flat, on palms and face

67
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verruca plantaris/palmaris

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foot/hands

68
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Condyloma acuminatum

A

HPV genital warts

69
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Pemphigus

A

Group of rare autoimmune blistering disorders

70
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What causes pemphigus lesions

A

loss of intercellular attachment between epidermal cells and squamous mucosae
Due to autoantibodies to intercellular adhesion molecules

71
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pemphigus vulgaris

A

suprabasal acantholytic blisters

72
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Pemphigus foliaceus

A

cutaneous only

subcorneal acantholytic blisters

73
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IgA pemphigus

A

subcorneal/intraepidermal acantholytic blisters

74
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Paraneoplastic permphigus

A

He said “bear in mind” when describing the term Paraneoplastic

75
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Pemphigus Pathophysiology

A

Type II hypersensitivity

IgG in vulgaris

76
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Pemphigus vulgaris direct immunofluorescence

A

Deposition of antibodies in between all epithelial cell layers

77
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Pemphigus foliaceus immunofluorescence

A

Autoantibodies deposited mostly in superficial layers of epidermis (sub-corneal acantholytic blister)

78
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Pemphigus vulgaris clinical

A

middle aged or older

painful blisters

79
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fogo selvageum

A

bite of black fly lesion

80
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Bullous pemphigoid

A

Know the difference b/w this and pemphigus for test

81
Q

Describe pemphigoid bullae

A

Non acantholytic subepidermal

Rich in eosinophils

82
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Bullous pephigoid clinical

A

tight bullae don’t rupture (missed the rest)

83
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Dermatitis herpetiformis

A

very itchy urticaria and grouped vesicles

84
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What is dermatiti herpetiformis associated with

A

celiac disease

85
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/What type of antibodies are assiciated with D. herpetiformis

A

granular IgA to epidermal transglutaminase

86
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Where are the IgA deposits found in immunoflurorescene for dermatitis herpetiformis?

A

Tips of dermal papillae

Discontinuous - only disease with this pattern

87
Q

Seborrheic Keratosis

A

Pigmented epidermal tumors in middle to older aged persons

Stuck on appearance

88
Q

What mutation is associated with SK?

89
Q

What other disease is associated with FGF3 mutations

A

Achondroplasia

90
Q

Paraneoplastic

A

Tumor triggers other problems around the body

91
Q

What is characteristic of SK from a histologic standpoint

A

Horn cysts of keratin

92
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Actinic keratosis

A

Premalignant sun exposure related lesions with prominent hyperkeratosis

Atypia of lower portion of epidermis

recommend excision

93
Q

Solar elastosis

A

Grey blue damaged layer due to sun exposure

94
Q

Squamos cell carcinoma

A

More men than women

sun exposure

p53 mutation

mutation of HRAS oncogene

Invasion of basement membrane into underlying stroma

95
Q

What does in-situ mean

A

full layer thickness without basement membrane penetration

96
Q

Invasive SCC

A

Projections of atypical cells into basement membrance

The infiltrative tongues often have keratinization

97
Q

Basal Cell Carcinoma

A

Slow growing
Rarely metastasizes
Sun exposure in fair skinned people

98
Q

Describe BCC lesion

A

Pearly papule with prominent vascular markings

99
Q

BCC and Dentistry

A

Gorlin syndrome with PTCH mutations

100
Q

What is Gorlin syndrome

A

Hereditary
Multiple BCCs even at a young age

Keratocystic odotogenic tumors of jaw

Palmar pits

101
Q

What is Gorlin Syndrome also known as?

A

Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

102
Q

What are benign melanocytic leasions

103
Q

Malignant melanocytic lesions

104
Q

Junctional nevus

A

flat and pigmented

105
Q

Compound

A

Raised and pigmented

106
Q

Intradermal

A

Raised and less pigmented because it is skin being pushed up from below

107
Q

Dysplastic nevi

A

Features in between benign and malignant

108
Q

Melanoma v. Nevus

A

Larger than nevi
Variation in pigmentation
Irregular borders

109
Q

ABCs of melanoma

A 
Asymmetry
Borders
Color
Diameter
Evolution

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