Week 4

Question 1

T/F: Common Cutaneous warts are rarely linked with HPV-associated carcinomas

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

T/F: Condyloma acuminatum (genital wart is the most comon STI)

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

What high risk HPV types is cervical cancer associated with?

Answer 3

Types 16 & 18

Question 4

What HPV types are associated with 90% of genital wart cases?

Answer 4

Types 6 & 11

Question 5

When callus over a plantar wart is pared down with a scalpel, the underlying wart is visualized with interruption of skin lines and ______

Answer 5

Black punta

Question 6

“Mosaic” wart

Answer 6

Warts overlap eachother with no mother-daughter relationship

Question 7

What is traumatic black heel?

Answer 7

Dried, dark RBCs deposited in the epidermis following trauma

Question 8

What may genital HPV be confused with?

Answer 8

Secondary syphilis

Question 9

What is the goal of wart tx?

Answer 9

To destroy the virus containing epidermis and preserve as much uninvolved tissued as possible

Question 10

Bichloroacetic acid and trichloracetic acid are particularly useful for tx of warts on the ____

Answer 10

Palms & soles of feet

Question 11

Imiquimod (Aldara, Zyclara) 5% cream is useful in the tx of _____

Answer 11

Anogenital warts

Question 12

What is thought to block the H2 receptors present on T-suppressor cells, increase the cell-mediated immunity and improve the tx of resistant warts?

Answer 12

Cimitedine HD (tagamet)

Question 13

Why is ED&C never a first-line therapy on the soles of the feet?

Answer 13

There is painful scarring potential

Question 14

Pairing the surface and identifying the presence of skin lines with a translucent core confirms that the lesion is a ____

Answer 14

Corn

Question 15

What is the tx goal for a corn?

Answer 15

To provide immediate relief of painful sx and then reduce the friction and pressure that has caused their formation