Basic Dermatology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Nevus _____ is a congenital, localized, cutaneous vascular anomaly presenting as a pale, irregularly shaped patch on otherwise normal skin.

Answer: anemicus

Flashcard 2: _____ lines are lines of normal developmental growth patterns in the skin.

Answer: Blaschko's

Flashcard 3: _____ sign is seen in Cutaneous mastocytosis.

Answer: Darier’s

Flashcard 4: What dermatologic lesion is a transient smooth papule or plaque? _____

Answer: Wheal

Flashcard 5: _____ presents with small, rough papules on extensor surfaces without any associated pruritis or abnormality

Answer: Keratosis pilaris

Flashcard 6: phrynoderma is deficiency of _____

Answer: essential fatty acids

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Flashcard 7: _____keratosis is seen in benign conditions such as acantholytic disorders (Darier disease and Hailey Hailey disease)

Answer: Dys

Flashcard 8: The different shades of skin have been classified in the _____ Classification, which is based on the ability to tan and burn

Answer: Fitzpatrick

Flashcard 9: Miliaria _____ present with uniformly minute erythematous papules

Answer: rubra

Flashcard 10: Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis spectrum consists of:_____ ichthyosisBathing suit ichthyosisCongenital ichthyosiform erythrodermaSelf healing collodion babyAcral self healing collodion baby

Answer: Lamellar

Flashcard 11: X-linked recessive Ichthyosis presents with dirty brown to black scales on _____ surfaces along with cryptorchidism

Answer: flexural

Flashcard 12: Phrynoderma (also known as toad skin) is a non-specific finding that can be associated with Vitamin _____, B, C, and E deficiency, as well as essential fatty acid deficiency

Answer: A

Flashcard 13: _____ is a neurocutaneous disorder associated with a port-wine stain of the face (nevus flammeus)

Answer: Sturge-Weber syndrome

Flashcard 14: What skin pathologies are associated with sarcoidosis? _____, Erythema nodosum, Lupus Pernio

Answer: Cutaneous nodules

Flashcard 15: _____ sign is seen in Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji where flat-topped red papules become generalized erythrodermic plaques without the involvement of abdominal skin folds

Answer: Deck chair

Flashcard 16: Salmon Red coloured dry scaly plaques on the _____, which coalesce together and leave "islands of sparing", in between lesions is seen in Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris

Answer: trunk

Flashcard 17: Ichthyosis vulgaris occurs due to absence of _____ protein and granular layer of skin

Answer: filaggrin

Flashcard 18: 'Washerwoman's hands' occurs faster in _____ water than cold water. (Warm/cold)

Answer: warm

Flashcard 19: The color of the skin depends on the following:Amount of melanin inside _____Number and size of melanosomesDegree of transfer of melanin into keratinocytes

Answer: melanocytes

Flashcard 20: Increased _____ in cirrhosis may lead to spider angiomas and palmar erythema (dermatologic symptoms)

Answer: estrogen

Flashcard 21: _____ is a common acute or subacute skin condition that arises due to the occlusion or disruption of eccrine sweat ducts in hot humid conditions.

Answer: Miliaria

Flashcard 22: _____ dermatitis is the occurrence of an eczematous ring surrounding a melanocytic nevus also known as Meyerson nevus

Answer: Halo

Flashcard 23: In papulo-erythroderma of Ofuji, _____ and trunk are affected and the face and flexures tend to be spared.

Answer: limbs

Flashcard 24: Diabetic _____ patients present with nonpitting swelling and induration of the upper part of the body caused by a thickened dermis and deposition of mucin

Answer: scleredema

Flashcard 25: _____ is a special skin lesion with a triad of Varied pigmentation, Skin atrophy and Telangectasias

Answer: Poikiloderma

Flashcard 26: In Miliaria _____ the obstruction is at the level of Dermoepidermal junction

Answer: profunda

Flashcard 27: _____thermia is seen in Erythroderma due to increased skin perfusion.

Answer: Hypo

Flashcard 28: Lichen _____ presents as leukoplakia with parchment-like (thin) vulvar skin

Answer: sclerosus

Flashcard 29: _____ is defined as increased thickness of the stratum corneum (e.g. psoriasis, calluses)

Answer: Hyperkeratosis

Flashcard 30: In Miliaria _____ the obstruction is at the level of Stratum corneum

Answer: Crystallina

Flashcard 31: Miliaria _____ nearly always follows repeated attacks of miliaria rubra

Answer: profunda

Flashcard 32: _____ are isolated keratinocytes with a round shape and an acidophilic cytoplasm, seen on Tzank smear in Darier disease

Answer: "Corps ronds"

Flashcard 33: During diascopy: Erythema _____ on compression of vessels, Purpura, however, remains unaltered on compression of vessels.

Answer: disappears

Flashcard 34: Which congenital autosomal recessive ichthyosis does not present as collodion babies?_____

Answer: Harlequin Ichthyosis

Flashcard 35: Lichen _____ presents with tiny pinhead-sized flesh-colored papules mainly on the dorsum of forearms or penis

Answer: nitidus

Flashcard 36: What is the mode of inheritence of ichthyosis vulgaris?_____

Answer: Autosomal dominant

Flashcard 37: The most common form of vascular ectasia is _____

Answer: nevus flammeus

Flashcard 38: Autosomal _____ ectodermal dysplasias such as NaegeliFranceschettiJadassohn syndrome (NFJS) and dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis (DPR) present with complete absence of fingerprints.

Answer: dominant

Flashcard 39: What are the two types of genodermatoses?_____

Answer: Hailey Hailey disease and Darier disease

Flashcard 40: Nevus _____ is a congenital, localized, cutaneous vascular anomaly presenting as a pale, irregularly shaped patch on otherwise normal skin.

Answer: anemicus

Flashcard 41: Acquired ichthyosis is a paraneoplastic syndrome commonly associated with _____

Answer: hodgkin's lymphoma

Flashcard 42: Ichthyosis vulgaris most commonly involves the _____ surface of legs

Answer: anterior/extensor

Flashcard 43: Which variant of ichthyosis affects only males?_____

Answer: X-linked recessive ichthyosis

Flashcard 44: What type of dyskeratosis (benign/neoplastic) is seen in Darier s disease, Warty dyskeratoma, and familial benign pemphigus? _____

Answer: Benign

Flashcard 45: Upward elongation of the dermal papillae, giving an accentuated and sometimes irregular, undulating configuration to the dermalepidermal junction is known as _____

Answer: papillomatosis

Flashcard 46: Milairia _____ has clear, thin walled crops, without an inflammatory areola, usually symptomless and present on the trunk

Answer: crystallina

Flashcard 47: _____ phenomenon, defined as the development of lesions at sites of trauma to uninvolved skin of patients with cutaneous diseases is seen in vitiligo.

Answer: Koebner/Isomorphic

Flashcard 48: The Grenz zone or Band of Unna is a narrow area of the _____ dermis uninvolved by the underlying pathology

Answer: papillary

Flashcard 49: Pathophysiology of Miliaria: _____ into the epidermis is responsible for the final production of the lesions, and for their further aggravation.

Answer: Leakage of sweat

Flashcard 50: Which areas are commonly affected by fixed drug eruptions?_____

Answer: Genital and perianal areas

Flashcard 51: Telangiectases are _____ mm in size

Answer: less than 1

Flashcard 52: Which type of leprosy shows satellite lesions?_____

Answer: Borderline Tuberculoid (BT)

Flashcard 53: _____ is a localized white atrophic skin frequently surrounded by dilated capillaries and hyperpigmentation, seen around ankle, in chronic venous disease

Answer: Atrophie blanche

Flashcard 54: Cutaneous necrotizing _____ can occur in a minority of patients with 1-antitrypsin (1AT) deficiency

Answer: panniculitis

Flashcard 55: Pityriasis rotunda is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with _____ carcinoma

Answer: hepatocellular

Flashcard 56: Erythema _____ involves the sublaminar connective tissue of the dermis

Answer: multiforme

Flashcard 57: What is the most common manifestation of Carney complex?_____

Answer: Skin lesions

Flashcard 58: The difference between a discoid and annular lesion is that in the _____ lesion, only the edges are active with central clearing.

Answer: annular

Flashcard 59: What is the earliest sign of maceration?_____

Answer: reddening of skin with peeling

Flashcard 60: Reactive perforating collagenosis (folliculitis) is a complication of diabetes attributed to glycation of _____ and minor injury like pressure or scratching

Answer: collagen

Flashcard 61: Erythema gyratum repens is a paraneoplastic syndrome commonly associated with _____ cancer

Answer: lung

Flashcard 62: _____ is a superficial sensory neuropathy in the infrascapular area (Pruritus + Dysaesthesia)

Answer: Notalgia Paresthetica

Flashcard 63: What is the most common cutaneous manifestation of Tuberous sclerosis?_____

Answer: Ash-leaf macules

Flashcard 64: What is the distribution pattern of Hailey Hailey disease?_____

Answer: Intertriginous

Flashcard 65: Asymptomatic, oval, dullred papules evolving slowly, producing atrophic brown scars are seen in Diabetic dermopathy, also known as _____

Answer: Binkley spots

Flashcard 66: In Naxos syndrome, there is cardiomyopathy along with _____ of plantar palmar skin surfaces

Answer: hyperkeratosis

Flashcard 67: Pathophysiology of Miliaria: The first event may be an _____, which may block the lumen of the duct.

Answer: increase in the skin flora (eg. Staph. epidermidis)

Flashcard 68: _____ phenomenon is the localization of one disease at the site of another.

Answer: Isotopic

Flashcard 69: Miliaria _____ has minute pale firm papules, seen on the body and sometimes the limbs, and produce no itching or discomfort

Answer: profunda

Flashcard 70: Stage _____ pressure sores demonstrate partial thickness skin loss involving the epidermis and dermis

Answer: 2

Flashcard 71: _____ is the most common non specific lesion of sarcoidosis

Answer: Erythema nodosum

Flashcard 72: _____ is also called 'goose-flesh' or piloerection

Answer: Cutis anserina

Flashcard 73: Deep dermal tenderness on pressing the lesion (e.g., papular lesions of syphilis) with a pinhead, is called as _____ sign

Answer: Buschke-Ollendorf

Flashcard 74: Small, nodular, tender, chronic inflammatory lesion occurring on the helix of the ear is also called as _____

Answer: Chondrodermatitis chronica helicis

Flashcard 75: On elbow and wrist, _____ papules are seen, in pityriasis rubra pilaris due to follicular hyperkeratosis

Answer: nutmeg grater

Flashcard 76: Telangectasia presents with dilated _____

Answer: venules

Flashcard 77: A flat plate or flake-like lesion of stratum corneum is known as a _____

Answer: Scale

Flashcard 78: _____ presents with small, rough papules on extensor surfaces without any associated pruritis or abnormality

Answer: Keratosis pilaris

Flashcard 79: Parakeratosis is commonly seen in psoriasis and _____

Answer: actinic keratosis

Flashcard 80: _____ lines are lines of normal developmental growth patterns in the skin.

Answer: Blaschko's