General Surgery — Flashcards

Flashcard 541: _____ is a chronic skin condition affecting the pilosebaceous unit leading to non-inflammatory comedones and/or inflammatory acne

Answer: Acne vulgaris

Extra: Acne vulgaris primarily affects areas with high densities of sebaceous glands (face, upper back, and chest).

Flashcard 542: Onychomycosis tends to affect _____ patients and immunocompromised individuals

Answer: older

Flashcard 543: _____ degradation produces acid that damages melanocytes in pityriasis versicolor (results in hypo/hyperpigmentation)

Answer: Lipid

Flashcard 544: Spot diagnosis = _____

Answer: onychomycosis

Flashcard 545: Tinea capitis can progress and form a _____, which is a pustular spongy/boggy mass that is a fungal abscess

Answer: kerion

Flashcard 546: What is the investigation for onychomycosis? _____

Answer: Nail clippings for fungal microscopy & culture

Flashcard 547: Tinea corporis is spread through _____

Answer: skin-to-skin contact

Flashcard 548: As many as _____% of adolescents experience acne

Answer: 95

Flashcard 549: A child presents with a patchy area of _____ with scaling, 'black dots', and cervical lymphadenopathy. Diagnosis? = Tinea capitis

Answer: alopecia

Extra: Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp hair follicles. The 'black dots' represent hairs broken off at the surface. Wood's lamp examination and KOH mount are used for diagnosis.

Flashcard 550: Tinea _____ = fungal infection of the body Tinea cruris = fungal infection of the groin

Answer: corporis