General Surgery — Flashcards

Flashcard 511: _____ are benign skin growths caused human papilloma virus (HPV) infection

Answer: Cutaneous warts

Flashcard 512: What TOPICAL antibiotic is often used in treatment of acne vulgaris?\n\n_____

Answer: Topical Clindamycin

Flashcard 513: Acne lesion: _____ is used for excessive inflammatory (nodulocystic) acne.

Answer: Intralesional triamcinolone

Extra: Nodulocystic acne is a severe form of acne vulgaris characterized by deep-seated nodules and cysts. Treatment of choice for individual inflammatory nodules is often intralesional corticosteroids.

Flashcard 514: What ORAL antibiotics are often used in acne vulgaris? _____ or oral doxycycline 100mg

Answer: Oral lymecycline 408mg

Flashcard 515: Which acne lesion has the greatest risk of scarring? _____

Answer: Cysts

Flashcard 516: Treat cutaneous warts if they are uncomfortable, persistent or if the patient _____

Answer: requests treatment!

Flashcard 517: Tinea cruris (jock itch) commonly develops via autoinoculation from _____ (athlete's foot).

Answer: tinea pedis

Extra: Tinea cruris (jock itch) involves the groin, upper thighs, and pubic area. It often occurs due to the spread of dermatophytes from elsewhere on the patient's own body, most commonly from the feet (tinea pedis) or nails (tinea unguium). Patients should be advised to put their socks on before their underwear to prevent spread.

Flashcard 518: Tinea _____ = dermatophyte infection of the body Tinea cruris = dermatophyte infection of the groin Tinea pedis = dermatophyte infection of the foot Tinea capitis = dermatophyte infection of the scalp Tinea unguium = dermatophye infection of the nail

Answer: corporis

Flashcard 519: Tinea capitis can progress and form a _____, which is a pustular spongy/boggy mass that is a fungal abscess

Answer: kerion

Flashcard 520: Spot diagnosis = _____

Answer: onychomycosis