Autoimmune Skin Diseases — Flashcards

_____ is an inflammatory dermatitis associated with chronic hepatitis C infection

Graves disease is associated with _____ myxedema which occurs due to activation of dermal fibroblasts

Limited scleroderma is characterized by limited skin involvement confined to _____ and face

Patients with DRESS syndrome present with fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, _____ edema, and diffuse morbiliform skin rash

Hint: location

_____ sign is confluent macular violaceous erythema over the hips and lateral thighs seen in Dermatomyositis

_____ is an autoimmune inactivation of desmosomes between keratinocytes

_____ is an autoimmune destruction of hemidesmosomes between basal cells and the underlying basement membrane

The diagnostic hallmark of CBDC is the _____ deposition of IgA deposits at DEJ identified by direct immunofluorescence

What is the most common type of morphoea?_____

The rash of neonatal lupus erythematosus can be _____ by UV exposure