Skin

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malignant fat tumor
large
will recur unless excised

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liposarcoma

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most common soft tissue tumor of childhood
malignant

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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most common soft tissue in kids
malignant
skel muscle
usually head/neck

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flat discoloration < 1 cm

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macule

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macule > 1 cm

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patch

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elevated skin lesion < 1 cm

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papule

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papule > 1 cm

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plaque

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small fluid containing blister

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vesicle

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transient vesicle

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wheal

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large fluid containing blister

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bulla

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irregular, raised lesion resulting from scar tissue hypertrophy (follows trauma to skin, usually in African Americans)

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keloid

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blister with pus

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pustule

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dried exudates from a vesicle, bulla, or pustule

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crust

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hyperkeratosis with retention of nuclei in stratum corneum

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parakeratosis (example: psoriasis)

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increased thickness of stratum corneum

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hyperkeratosis (example: psorioasis)

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separation of epidermal cells

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acantholysis

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epidermal hyperplasia

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acanthosis

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inflammation of the skin

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dermatitis

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example of macule

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tinea versicolor

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example of papule

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acne vulgaris

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example of plaque

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psoriasis

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example of vesicle

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chickenpox

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example of wheal

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hives

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example of bulla

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bullous pemphigoid

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example of pustule

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impetigo

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example of hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis

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psoriasis

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example of acantholysis

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pemphigus vulgaris

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verrucae

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warts
soft tan cauliflower like lesions

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soft tan cauliflower like lesions

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verrucae (warts)

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warts on hands

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verruca vulgaris

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genital warts

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condyloma accuminatum (HPV)

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nevocellular nevus

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common mole

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urticaria

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hives
intensely pruritic wheal that forms after mast cell degranulation

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ephelis

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freckle
normal number of melanocytes, increased melanin pigment

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atopic dermatitis (eczema)

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pruritic eruption
common on skin flexures
associated with asthma, allergies

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pruritic eruption
common on skin flexures
associated with asthma, allergies

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atopic dermatitis (eczema)

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freckle

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ephelis

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hives

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urticaria

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psoriasis

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papules and plaques
silvery scaling
usually knees and elbows
inc stratum spinosum
dec stratum granulosum

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inc stratum spinosum
dec stratum granulosum

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psoriasis

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papules and plaques
silvery scaling
usually knees and elbows

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psoriasis

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auspitz sign

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psoriasis
bleeding spots when scales are scraped off

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psoriasis association

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nail pitting
psoriatic arthritis

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seborrheic keratosis

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flat, greasy, pigmented squamous epithelial proliferation with keratin filled cysts (horn cysts)

head, trunk, extremities
benign, older

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flat, greasy, pigmented squamous epithelial proliferation with keratin filled cysts (horn cysts)

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seborrheic keratosis

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albinism: normal melanocyte number with dec melanin production due to dec activity of what enzyme?

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tyrosinase

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albinism cause

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failure of neural crest cell migration

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vitiligo

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irregular areas of complete depigmentation,
due to dec in melanocytes

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melasma

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hyperpigmentation associated with pregnancy (mask pregnancy) or OCP use

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impetigo

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very superficial skin infection
S aureus or S pyogenes
very contagious
honey colored crusting

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honey colored crusting, superficial skin infection

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impetigo

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cellulitis

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acute, painful spreading infection
dermis or subcutaneous tissue
s aureus or s pyogenes

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necrotizing fasciitis

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deeper tissue injury
from anaerobic bacteria and s pyogenes
(flesh eating bacteria)

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necrotizing fasciitis results in crepitis due to

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methane and CO2 production by bacteria

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staph scalded skin syndrome cause

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exotoxin
destroyes keratinocyte attachments to stratum granulosum only

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staph scalded skin syndrome symptoms

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fever
general erythematous rash with slouging of upper layers of epidermis
newborns and kids

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fever
general erythematous rash with slouging of upper layers of epidermis
newborns and kids

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staph scalded skin syndrome

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hairy leukoplakia

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white, painless plaques on tongue that cannot be scraped off.
EBV
sort of specific for HIV

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pemphigus vulgaris

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potentially fatal autoimmune disorder
IgG ab against desmosomes
(anti epithelial cell ab)

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shows immunofluourescence throughout epidermis

Back 60

pemphigus vulgaris

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acantholysis- intraepidermal bullae of skin and oral mucosa

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pemphigus vulgaris

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positive Nikolskys sign (separation of epidermis when stroking the skin)

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pemphigus vulgaris

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bullous pemphigoid

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autoimmune
IgG ab against hemidesmosomes (epidermal basement membrane)

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linear immunofluorescence
eosinophils in blisters
affects skin but not oral mucosa
negative nikolskys sign

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bullous pemphigoid

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dermatitis herpetiformis

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pruritic papules and vesicles
deposits of IgA at tips of dermal papillae
celiac disease

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celiac disease skin disorder

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dermatitis herpetiformis

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erythema multiforme

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associated with infections, cancers, drugs, autoimmune

multiple lesions- macules, papules, vesicles, target lesions

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stevens johnson syndrome

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fever
bullae
necrosis
sloughing of skin
high mortality
due to drug reaction

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fever
bullae
necrosis
sloughing of skin
high mortality
due to drug reaction

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stevens johnsons syndrome

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toxic epidermal necrolysis

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more severe than stevens johnson with greater epidermal involvement

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lichen planus

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pruritic
purple
polygonal papules
sawtooth infiltrate of lymphocytes at dermal-epidermal junction
hep C assoc

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pruritic
purple
polygonal papules
sawtooth infiltrate of lymphocytes at dermal-epidermal junction
hep C assoc

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lichen planus

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actinic keratosis

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premalignant lesions due to sun exposure
small, rough, erythematous, or brown
cutaneous horn

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actinic keratosis can predispose to

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squamous cell carcinoma

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cutaneous horn

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actinic keratosis

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acanthosis nigricans

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hyperplasia of stratum spinosum
assoc with hyperlipidemia and visceral malignancy

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erythema nodosum

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inflammatory lesions of subcutaneous fat,
usually on anterior shins,
associated with:
coccido, histo, TB, leprosy, strep, sarcoid

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inflammatory lesions of subcutaneous fat,
usually on anterior shins,
associated with:
coccido, histo, TB, leprosy, strep, sarcoid

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erythema nodosum

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pityriasis rosea

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"herald patch" followed days later by "christmas tree" distribution

multiple papular eruptions,
resolves spontaneously

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palisading nuclei

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bcc

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exposure to sun and arsenic

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scc

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scc locations

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hands and face

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ulcerative red lesion
keratin pearls

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scc

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associated with chronic draining sinuses

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scc

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rolled edges with central ulceration
pearly papules

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bcc

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s-100 tumor marker

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melanoma

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melanoma: risk of mets correlates with

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depth of tumor

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dark with irregular borders

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melanoma

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precursor to melanoma

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dysplastic nevus (atypical mole)