Skin Cancers Flashcards
What is this?
Solar (acitinic) keratosis
What is this?
Solar (acitinic) keratosis
What is this?
Solar (acitinic) keratosis horn
What is a solar (acitnic) keratosis and what are the symptoms?
Who tends to get them
A pre-malignant lesion that are:
- Non itchy
- Crusty
- Commonly on hands, arms face, (sun exposed)
What is this?
Bowens disease
What is Bowens disease, what are the symptoms?
Pre malignant lesion
- Red, scaly skin usually on sun exposed areas
- Non itchy
- May be confused for an infection that doesnt clear up
How do you treat the pre malignant lesions?
- Cryotherapy
- Perforin cream
- Surgery
- Immunotherapy to increase response
What is this?
Basal cell carcinoma
What are the characteristics of a basal cell carcinoma?
Pearly papules that have telengectasia
How serious is a BCC?
It invades locally but does not metastasize.
It is very common 3 in 10
What are the risk factors for a BCC?
Male
Age
Fair
Freckly
Repeated sun exposure/burning
What is the treatment for BCC?
Excise
Mohs micrographic surgery if high risk
What is this?
Squamous cell carcinoma
What are the features of a SCC lesion?
Ulcerating, less defined than BCC and may bleed
How dangerous is a SCC?
Higher chance of mets than a BCC
What are the risk factors of a SCC?
UV exposure (sun or UV)
History of skin cancer
Fair skinned
Immunocompromise
How do you treat a SCC?
Surgery
What is this?
Melanoma
How do you monitor potential malignant melanomas?
Asymmetry
Border
Colour
Diamater
EXPERT
What are the risk factors for melanoma?
Fair skinned
Over 50 moles
Burns
Freckles
How do melanomas grow?
Down
What is the only effective treatment for melanomas?
Surgery
There is no clear evidence for node clearence, radiotherapy and there is no systemic chemo
What could Bowens disease be confused with?
An infection that doesnt clear up
