Orthopaedics & MSK — Flashcards
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An important differential for cellulitis is a _____
Where are the most common locations of lesions in plaque psoriasis? _____
What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with a rash that began as small papules and progressed to erythematous linear plaques with oozing yellow fluid? The patient was cleaning bushes around the house a few days prior to rash formation. _____
Hint: diagnosis
Advise patients with cellulitis to _____
Hint: positional
After _____ of no improvement, what is the second-line management for psoriasis?\nVitamin D or vitamin D analogue x2 daily
Hint: time
Psoriatic patients should apply regular _____ to ↓ scale & ↓ pruritis
Chronic urticaria (≥ 6 weeks) can be split into _____, autoimmune urticaria, & chronic inducible urticaria (CINDU)
_____ psoriasis is the 2nd most common subtype of psoriasis
Triggers for _____ include stress, infection (URTI, staph, HIV), skin trauma (Koebner phenomenon), drugs (inc. steroid withdrawal)
Hint: dermatological condition
_____ is a chronic, immune-mediated skin disorder characterised by well-circumscribed, salmon-coloured plaques with silvery scale
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