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MSK Derm 2

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What layer of skin does bullous pemphigoid affect?   Subepidermal blisters  
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What layer of skin does impetigo affect?   Subcorneal blisters  
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What layer of skin does pemphigus vulgaris affect?   Intraepidermal blisters  
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What layer of skin does eczema affect?   Intraepidermal blisters  
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What layer of skin does dermatitis herpetiformis affect?   Subepidermal blisters  
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Flat circumscribed lesion less than 5 mm in diameter   Macule  
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Flat circumscribed lesion more than 5 mm in diameter   Patch  
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Elevated lesion less than 5 mm in diameter   Papule  
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Elevated lesion with spherical contour greater than 5 mm in diameter   Nodule  
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Elevated flat-topped lesion, usually greater than 5 mm in diameter   Plaque  
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Fluid-filled raised lesion less than 5 mm in diameter   Vesicle  
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Fluid-filled raised lesion greater than 5 mm in diameter   Bulla  
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Common term used for vesicle or bulla   Blister  
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Discrete, pus-filled, raised lesion   Pustule  
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Itchy, transient, elevated lesion with variable blanching and erythema   Wheal  
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Dry, horny, platelike excrescence   Scale  
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Thickened and rough skin characterized by prominent skin markings   Lichenification  
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Dried exudates from vesicle, bulla, or pustule; over superficial shallow erosions   Crust  
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Traumatic lesion characterized by breakage of the epidermis, causing a raw linear area   Excoriation  
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Separation of nail plate from nail bed   Onycholysis  
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Thickening of the stratum corneum   Hyperkeratosis  
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A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a crack-like sore or ulcer   Fissure  
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Modes of keratinization characterized by the retention of the nuclei in the stratum corneum   Parakeratosis  
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Hyperplasia of the stratum granulosum   Hypergranulosis  
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Diffuse epidermal hyperplasia   Acanthosis  
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Surface elevation caused by hyperplasia and enlargement of contiguous dermal papillae   Papillomatosis  
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Abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum   Dyskeratosis  
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Loss of intercellular connections resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes   Acantholysis  
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Intercellular edema of the epidermis   Spongiosis  
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Intracellular edema of keratinocytes   Hydropic swelling  
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Infiltration of the epidermis by inflammatory or circulating blood cells   Exocytosis  
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Discontinuity of the skin exhibiting incomplete loss of the epidermis   Erosion  
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Discontinuity of the skin exhibiting complete loss of the epidermis and often of portions of the dermis and even subcutaneous fat   Ulceration  
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Formation of vacuoles within or adjacent to cells   Vacuolization  
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Referring to a linear pattern of melanocyte proliferation within the epidermal basal cell layer   Lentiginous  
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What is normal transepidermal water loss?   150 mL/day  
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How does TEWL change after loss of the stratum corneum?   TEWL increases by a factor of 50  
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Genetics of Dysplastic nevi syndrome   Autosomal dominant Involves genes on chrom 1, 9 or 12  
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Genetics of Basal cell nevus syndrome   Autosomal dominant Mutated ptc gene on chrom 9q22  
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Epidermodysplasia veruciformis is a/w what?   HPV types 5 & 8  
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Flat, red warts all over the skin; genitals are usually spared   Epidermodysplasia veruciformis  
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Disorder characterized by blister formation in response to mechanical trauma   Epidermolysis bullosa  
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Nevi that are larger than normal and may occur as hundreds of lesions on the body   Dysplastic nevi syndrome  
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Skin cancer w/ windblown histologic appearance   Squamous cell carcinoma  
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Skin cancer w/ pink, amorphous areas because of keratin production   Squamous cell carcinoma  
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Bowen's syndrome   Squamous cell carcinoma in situ  
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Most common skin cancer   Basal cell carcinoma  
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Skin cancer w/ basophilic staining   Basal cell carcinoma  
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Skin cancer w/ Peripheral palisading   Basal cell carcinoma  
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Skin cancer w/ bcl-2, α-SMA & Stromolysin 3 mutations   Basal cell carcinoma  
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Least common skin cancer   Melanoma  
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Most common type of melanoma   Superficial spreading melanoma  
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Rarest type of melanoma   Nodular melanoma  
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Clark staging   based on level of invasion levels 1-5  
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Breslow staging   based on thickness of lesion <.75mm= good prognosis Best prognostic indicator  
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Erythematous macule leading to multiple small pustules; rupture and ULCERATE with thick crust   Ecthyma Usually a neglected impetigo that progresses  
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Erythematous macule leading to multiple small pustules; rupture and FORM EROSIONS covered in crust   Impetigo  
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Acute, deep-seated, red, hot, tender nodule or abscess   Furuncle  
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Deeper infection (than furncle) comprised of interconnecting abscesses usually arising in several contiguous hair follicles   Carbuncle  
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Crops of small pustules centered around hair shaft, erythema   Folliculitis  
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Cause of Erysipelas   group A β-hemolytic streptococci  
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Cause of Cellulitis   Staphylococcus aureus  
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Red, hot, edematous and shiny plaque that may contain vesicles, bullae, erosions or abscesses   Erysipelas (defined boders) & Cellulitis (ill-defined borders)  
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Cause of Erythrasma   Corynebacterium minutissimum  
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Sharply marginated macule; scaling, erosion, fissure can occur   Erythrasma  
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Shows a coral-red fluorescence w/ Wood's lamp   Erythrasma  
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Cause of Pitted Keratolysis   Micrococcus sedentarius  
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Pits in stratum corneum; Sometimes discrete, oftentimes large areas of eroded corneum form; white when hydrated   Pitted Keratolysis  
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