Infectious skin diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ is a warty neoplasm of genital skin, often caused by low-risk HPV strains, and is often large

Answer: Condyloma

Flashcard 2: _____ are a histological feature of HPV infected cells and are a hallmark of HPV infection.

Answer: Koilocytes

Flashcard 3: Actinomyces-like organisms appear as clusters of _____ that resemble "cotton candy" on a pap smear

Answer: basophilic thin filaments

Flashcard 4: The pruritis of Scabies is worse at night due to a _____ HSR

Answer: delayed, type IV

Flashcard 5: Which blistering skin disorder is characterized by fever and sloughing of skin at the dermal-epidermal junction? _____

Answer: Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Flashcard 6: Lichen simplex chronicus is associated with chronic _____ and scratching

Answer: irritation/inflammation

Flashcard 7: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is characterized by epidermolysis of the stratum _____

Answer: granulosum

Flashcard 8: The _____ is a diagnostic test used to identify HSV or VZV through a smear of an opened skin vesicle.

Answer: Tzanck smear

Flashcard 9: What is the underlying defect in albinism?

Answer: Deficiency of tyrosinase enzyme or tyrosine transporters (usually AR)

Extra: Clinical findings: Normal melanocyte count, but decreased melanin production. Very pale or white skin, increased risk for skin cancer (especially SCC). Inheritance is usually Autosomal Recessive.