year 2 AFT Flashcards
Old woman has an ulcer above the left medial malleolus , type 2 diabetes mellitus
she smokes a lot
ulcer that is superficial and around medial malleolus
venous is the type
*hyperpigmentation or lipodermatosclerosis at lateral malleolus
venous ulcer
most common skin lesion that undergoes koebnerisation
psoriasis –> followed by vitiligo
most common causative pathogen in cellulitis
streptococcus pyogenes
*well defined area of hair loss with normal underlying skin
= alopecia areata
*IgA at the dermal papillae
dermatitis herpetiformis
*intact blisters, severe and large
bullous pemphigoid
*desquamation, generalised erythema , painful erosions of mouth, recent new drug use
toxic epidermal necrolysis
*back pain wakes from sleeping
do an x-ray
*intrinsic hand muscle wasting
T1 nerve root
acute management for acute gout
start naproxen
most common causative organism responsible for prosthetic joint infections
staph aureus
first line for addisons
corticosteroids
what clinical feature of back pain is most specific for inflammatory back pain
improvement with activity
acute treatment of gout with CKD
prednisolone
charcot arthopathy
a type of neuropathic arthropathy - commonly seen in DM
*short calcium pyrophosphate
pseudogout
*femoral head shows evidence of collapse and cysts
avascular necrosis
pathophys of Graves
antibody directed against the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor
treatment of prolactinoma
cabergoline
what diuretics drug can cause hyponatraemia
bendroflumethiazide
action of ADH in nephron
stimulates synthesis of aquaporin
osteomalacia test
serum 25-OH calciferol
what clinical symptom differentiates T2DM and T1DM
weight loss
