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Derm Intro 2
Derm
Question | Answer |
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blackheads and whiteheads=acne | comedo |
small, superficial keratin cyst | milia |
dermal nodule, visible opening often seen; cheesy foul-smelling contents | cyst |
narrow, elevated tunnel=parasite (scabies) | burrow |
thickening of the skin | lichenification |
dilated superficial vessels | telangectasia |
nonblanchable blood deposit 1cm or less | petechiae |
perechiae >1cm | purpura |
KOH prep is used to help see what | fungus and yeast |
what is diascopy used to see (putting pressure on a lesion to see if it blanches) | vascular lesions |
what is a Tzanck Smear used to identify | virus |
what is mineral oil prep used to identify | scabies |
what is patch testing used for | when contact allergy is suspected |
acetowhitening is | unreliable |
when in doubt what do you do | biopsy |
fancy name for blacklight | Wood's Light |
a simple office procedure used to identify fungal organisms and yeast prior to initiating treatment | KOH prep |
when doing a KOH prep always scrape the __ | border of the lesion |
office procedure for suspected viral infection, scrapings must be obtained from the base of a freshly opened vesicle | Tzanck smear |
what are you looking for under the microscope when doing a Tzanck smear | multinucleated giant cells |
aka scabies prep | mineral oil prep |
Scabies droppings, AKA: | scybala |
if your patient is itchy have __ in your differential | scabies |
Most common contact allergen | neosporin |
fluoresces white with wood's lamp | vitiligo |
fluoresces coral red with wood's lamp | erythasma |
honey colored crust is pathognomonic for | impetigo |
what causes hand foot and mouth disease | coxsackie virus |
Decubitus ulcer Stage I: | nonblanching erythema, intact skin |
Decubitus ulcer Stage II | necrosis, superficial; involving epidermis/dermis; shallow ulcer |
Decubitus ulcer Stage III | deep necrosis; crater ulcers w/full thickness skin loss; to but not thru fascia |
Decubitus ulcer Stage IV | full thickness ulceration w/necrosis damage to mx/bone |