skin and systemic disease

Question 1

firm waxy red/brown or yellow plaques on anterior shin, in a diabetic patient - Dx?

Answer 1

Necrobiosis lipoidica

ass with diabetes

Question 2

diabetic patients with necrobiosis lipoidica - increased risk of what?

Answer 2

ulceration

Question 3

thickened brown hyper pigmented velvety skin in flexural areas - Dx?

Answer 3

acanthosis nigricans

Question 4

what systemic diseases are associated with acanthosis nigricans?

Answer 4

DM
Addisons
Malignancy

Question 5

purple brown indurated waxy plaques on anterior shins ass with graves disease (hyperthyroid) - Dx?

Answer 5

pretibial myxoedema

Question 6

Painful erythematous nodules on shins?

Answer 6

erythema nodosum

Question 7

systemic conditions associated with erythem nodosum?

Answer 7

IBD
TB
Sarcoidosis
COCP use

Question 8

Pustules and blisters that breakdown to form necrotic ulcers with purplish margins (associated with IBD and rheumatoid) ??

Answer 8

Pyoderma gangrenosum

necrotic deep ulcers usually on legs

Question 9

Purple/brown nodules that might develop in a patient with HIV?

Answer 9

Kaposi sarcoma