Week 3 Flashcards
When irritated, a skin tag may appear as necrotic, crusted papule that bay not be clinically distinctive and may raise concern regarding____
malignancy
The easiest means of removal of a skin tag is by _____ using _____ and ______
lift and snip
scissors and forceps
The diagnostic test “dimple sign” if positive suggests a ____
dermatofibroma
______ _____ is usually sufficient for removal of a dermatofibroma along with a biopsy if indicated.
simple excision
Characteristically, on compression, a ____ demonstrates a buttonhole sign.
neurofibroma
Cafe-au-lait spots are cutaneous findings often seen in ____
neurofibroma/von reckinghausen’s
Over time moles tend to mature from ____ to ____ and then _____ types.
type A to type B to type C dermal nevus cells
- through a process maturation and downward migration. No clue….
Most nevi are aquired, appearing sometime after teh ____ year of life and bfore age ____.
after first year and before age 35
Regular brown color surface and border are characteristic of a nevus that differentiate if from ____
melanoma
a blue nevus is similar in appearance to nodular the more serious diagnosis of ____
nodular melanoma
Weeks to months after incomplete removal of a nevus, brown macular re-pigmentation may appear in the scar and a biopsy specimen taken from that lesion may confuse the pathologist with a _____
melanoma (pseudomelanoma)
A small % of small dark dots within melanocytic nevi are due to ____
melanoma
What are the 4 signs that help distinguish a normal mole from a melanoma?
ABCDs: asymmetry border color diameter
There is a large risk of _____ in newborns with envie covering more than 5% of the body surface.
melanoma
differences between common and atypical moles
distribution number age at onset size shape and contour color histology
