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what is the difference between venous and arterial ulcers
venous - shallow edge like beach and around malleolus
arterial - high edges like cliffs
slow growing lump or non healing ulcer. pearly/transulcent. painless
BSC
visible airbnorising blood vessels
BSC
central ulceration - rodent ulcer
BSC
list precursors of SCC
bowers disease - females legs
viral lesions
actinic keraotsis - head/neck
hyperkeratotic crusted lump/ulcer - grow fast
SCC
1 defective copy of MRCI
2 defective copies
freckles
freckles and red hair
actinic lentignes
liver/age spots
congenital melaenytic naeivi
small 20 - have 10-15% risk of becoming malignant
junctional naeuvous childhood
cluster of cells at DEJ
adolescence/early adulthood compound
compound - groups of cells at dermis
intra dermal adulthood
entirely dermal
2 types of dysplastic naevi
sporadic - not inherited - risk of melanoma
familial - fh of melanoma - 100% risk, high penetrance
halonaevi
peripheral halo of depigmentation - lymphocytes
blue naevi
entirely dermal. mimic melanomas
spitz naevous
stuck on greasy appearance - greasy hyperkeratotic surface
seborrhoeac keratosis
seborrhoeac keratosis erupitic appearance is known as what
lester treeless sign - indicates malignancy
melanoma commonest type
superficial spreading melanoma - trunks of men legs of women
macule with irregular border and colour. increase in size over years and forms a nodule
superficial spreading melanoma