Psoriasis Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Psoriasis with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Psoriasis Flashcard Deck - 35 Cards
Flashcard 1: Nail plate pitting is the most common feature of nail psoriasis and is of the _____ and irregular type (Thimble nail)
Answer: deep
Flashcard 2: _____ sign in psoriasis is due to the elongated, dilated, tortuous vessels in the dermal papilla along with supra papillary thinning of epidermis.
Answer: Auspitz
Flashcard 3: Topical _____, broad band UV-B and antimicrobials are the mainstay of rx for management of guttate psoriasis
Answer: steroids
Flashcard 4: Dermatological manifestations of reactive arthritis include _____ on the palms and soles (keratoderma blennorhagicum), and a serpiginous annular dermatitis of the glans penis (circinate balanitis)
Answer: hyperkeratotic vesicles
Flashcard 5: _____ is associated with Auspitz sign, which is pinpoint bleeding when scale is picked off
Answer: Psoriasis
Flashcard 6: _____ Koebner phenomenon is seen in areas of psoriasis which clear and heal following trauma
Answer: Reverse
Flashcard 7: The silvery colour seen in psoriasis is due to _____ of light at many airkeratin interfaces and can be altered by wetting the skin.
Answer: reflection
Flashcard 8: The _____ Regimen involves coal tar bath, in combination with suberythemogenic UVB and dithranolin Lassar s paste is applied to plaques
Answer: Ingram
Flashcard 9: Palmoplantar keratoderma, maybe seen in pityriasis rubra pilaris, leading to appearance of _____
Answer: keratotic sandal
Flashcard 10: Lesions of guttate psoriasis resolve in about _____ months
Answer: 3
Flashcard 11: What is the most specific sign of nail psoriasis?_____
Answer: Oil drop sign or Salmon Patch
Flashcard 12: Tildrakizumab is a monoclonal antibody indicated in moderate-to-severe _____
Answer: plaque psoriasis
Flashcard 13: Psoriasis plaques may be encircled by a clear peripheral zone called the halo or ring of _____.
Answer: Woronoff
Flashcard 14: Scaling is greatly reduced or absent in _____ psoriasis
Answer: inverse
Flashcard 15: What kind of T-helper cells are decreased in psoriasis?_____
Answer: Th2
Flashcard 16: When the scales are completely scraped off in Psoriasis, the stratum mucosum (basement membrane) is exposed, and is known as membrane of _____
Answer: Bulkeley
Flashcard 17: Scratching (_____ test) scales in psoriasis makes the scale appear more silver in colour by introducing air keratin interfaces
Answer: Grattage
Flashcard 18: Which HLA subtype is associated with guttate psoriasis?_____
Answer: HLA-C:06:02
Flashcard 19: What kind of T-helper cells are increased in psoriasis?_____
Answer: Th1 and Th17
Flashcard 20: The most provocative factor for pustular psoriasis is withdrawl of _____
Answer: systemic steroids
Flashcard 21: Some patients with acute guttate psoriasis might develop _____ psoriasis in the future
Answer: plaque
Flashcard 22: _____ psoriasis is the most common type of psoriasis, accounting for about 8090% of all cases.
Answer: Plaque
Flashcard 23: In _____ psoriasis, the patient is often ill with fever, erythroderma, hypocalcemia, and cachexia
Answer: pustular
Flashcard 24: _____ psoriasis is a type of psoriasis which occurs following infection with group A streptococcus
Answer: Guttate
Flashcard 25: The scalp, elbows knees, lower back, and gluteal cleft are the commonest areas to be affected by _____ psoriasis.
Answer: plaque
Flashcard 26: Cone-shaped heaped up hyperkeratotic lesions shaped like a shell (Limpet) are seen in _____ psoriasis
Answer: Rupoid
Flashcard 27: _____ is the treatment of choice for pustular psoriasis
Answer: Acitretin (oral retinoid)
Flashcard 28: What is the treatment of choice for pustular psoriasis of pregnancy (impetigo herpetiformis)?_____
Answer: Steroids
Flashcard 29: What type of psoriasis follows a chronic course?_____
Answer: Plaque and Follicular
Flashcard 30: The acute generalized form of pustular psoriasis is termed as _____ type
Answer: Von Zumbusch
Flashcard 31: What is the most common association of irregular nail pitting and onycholysis?_____
Answer: Psoriasis
Flashcard 32: Munro's microabscess are seen within the stratum _____
Answer: corneum
Flashcard 33: What is the commonest site to be affected in Plaque psoriasis?_____
Answer: Scalp
Flashcard 34: What type of psoriasis maybe seen along healed shingles?_____
Answer: Koebnerised psoriasis
Flashcard 35: The Griffiths Classification is used for _____
Answer: Pityriasis rubra pilaris
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