Systemic Disease And Genodermatoses Flashcards
Illicit drug use may lead to delusions of parasites. This condition is more commonly associated with what drug?
Amphetamines
Which illicit drug can be associated with development of raynaud’s phenomenon?
Cocaine
Tooth decay and eventual loss of teeth are associated with chronic use of
Amphetamines
“Skin tracks,” scars and hyperpigmentation from injecting illicit drugs can be located anywhere on the body but first signs are usually found
On the arms
Injecting an illicit drug under the skin (skin popping) is used by abusers of
Cocaine
Cutaneous symptoms of injecting illicit drugs may include
Hyperpigmented sites over veins, granulomas, abscesses
Development of acne type lesions in a male body builder may be linked to
Anabolic steroids
Porphyria disorders are caused by deficiency in
Heme biosynthesis pathway
The ratio of prevalence between acquired and hereditary etiology of porphyria cutaneous tarda is
3 to 1
A common trigger for porphyria cutaneous tarda is
Alcohol
The medications most often associated with an acute porphyria attack include
Antimalarials
Treatment for non acute porphyria is
Phlebotomy of 500 ml of blood every 2 weeks
A deficiency of ferrochlatase is the etiology for
Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
Von Recklinghausen disease is another term for
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Crowe’s sign is the presence of
Intertriginous freckling
Plexiform neurofibromas are most commonly located on
Extremities
Lisch nodules are most common in what age group?
Adults
Patients with neurofibromatosis should have periodic evaluation by their primary care provider, dermatologist and
Ophthalmologist and neurologist
The thick hyperkeratosus of epidermal and non-epidermal palmar plantar hyperkeratosis is colored
Yellow
Keratolytics act by
Reduction of corneocytes
Star-fish shaped keratosis over the knuckles is a finding in
Vohwinkel syndrome
What keratoderma is associated with hyperhidrosis?
Pachyonychia congenital
A 5 year old female presents with her mother for treatment of a want. Mother states they’ve been using a home treatment of salicylic acid with no improvement. The lesion is on the right arm, linear, veruccal appearing and 7 cm in length. This lesion is most likely a
Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus(ILVEN) is a type of skin overgrowth, called epidermal nevus. It is characterized by skin colored, brown, or reddish, wart-like papules (nevi). The nevi join to form patches or plaques that often follow a pattern on the skin known as the “lines of Blaschko”
Icthyosis is a condition involving disorders of
Keratinization
