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SKIN Flashcards

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Where can we find muco-cutaneous junction?

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Mouth, nostrils

  • skin has to become continuous with mucous membrane lining —> muco-cutaneous junction (epithelium becomes non-keratinising)
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Does hairless skin have sebaceous / apocrine glands ?

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NO.

Hairless skin is usually thick skin

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What is the general function of keratin, keratohyalin granules and lamellar bodies?

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Protect against mechanical damage & dehydration

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What happens to skin of premature babies? When’s epidermal maturation completed?

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Skin barrier function won’t be good during 1st week of life,

Epidermal maturation completed by 34 weeks of gestation

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What is epidermis mainly composed of?

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Keratinocytes

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Where do keratinocytes originate from?

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Proliferating basal layer

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What do keratinocytes synthesise and secrete?

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Synthesise keratin filaments + desmosomal proteins - they make up “cytoskeleton”, giving cell strength + cohesion

Secrete antimicrobial peptides, cytokines in response to tissue injury

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What are the function of lamellar bodies?

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Secrete lipid & lipid hydrolases - to form water-tight intercellular lipid bilateral

Produce filaggin in stratum corneum - hold moisture

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What happens in someone with filaggrin deficiency?

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‘Leaky’ skin that loses water & allows entry of allergens that trigger an immunological response

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What are the consequences of loss of function mutations in filaggrin gene?

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  • Dry, scaly skin
  • Ichthyosis vulgaris - autosomal dominant disorder causing dry scaly skin
  • Major risk factor for ectopic eczema & associated allergies
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What would lead to shedding of skin (desquamation)?

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Changes in lipid metabolism + protease activity in outermost layer

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Where do melanocytes originate from, and what are their functions?

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*Originate from NCC!

Synthesise pigment melanin (transferred to surrounding keratinocytes to give protection against UV)

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What are the functions of Langerhan’s cells?

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Dendritic cells derived from bone marrow

- play role in antigen presentation & immunoregulation

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Which skin layer is Merkel cells found in?

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Basal layer

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Where can you find Merkel cells? What role do they play?

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numerous on fingertips, oral cavity
Also found on erectile tissue, foot

Play a role in sensation

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What can be found in dermis?

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Collagen & elastin fibres

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How many layers are there in dermis?

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  1. Superficial papillary layer
    Reticular layer (thicker)
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What happens to skin since there’s over-distension / stretching in pregnancy / obesity?

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Collagen bundles rupture (in reticular layer) —> stretch marks —> abdominal striae

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What parts of the dermis have smooth muscle fibres? And why?

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Nipples, penis, scrotum

  • contract and ripple skin
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What is panniculus carnosus? Where can we find it?

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Muscle sheet
- present in face, neck, around scrotum
Moves skin

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What is Ruffini corpuscle?

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Slow-adapting mechanoreceptors

- detect continuous pressure

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Where can we find Krause end bulb?

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In conjunctiva, mucous membrane of lips + tongue

*formed by expansion of CT sheath

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Where can we find Meissner’s corpuscle? (Incl. Skin layer) What does it do?

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Located in dermis, inside dermal papilla

  • light & discriminatory touch
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What are the layers of epidermis (stratified squamous) from surface to base?

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Come let’s get sun burned:

Stratum Corneum (keratin) 
Stratum Lucidum (most prominent in palms + soles)
Stratum Granulosum
Stratum Spinosum (desmosomes) 
Stratum Basale (stem cell site)
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What does Parcinian corpuscle do? What does it look like histologically?

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Deep touch, vibration, pressure

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What happens when arrector pilli (smooth muscle, innervates by sympathetic NS) contracts?

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  • “goosebumps”

- squeeze sebaceous gland —> sebum secretion

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Hair follicle stem cells, sebaceous and apocrine glands are __dermal.

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Ectodermal

28
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Dermal papillae & inner and outer sheaths (hair) are ___dermal.

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Mesodermal

29
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What causes loss of skin elasticity?

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Elastin fibres atrophy with age

30
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Where can we find eccrine glands?

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Pretty much everywhere in thick & thin skin

- more common in palms of hands & soles of foot

31
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What are the ducts and secretory acini of eccrine glands lined with?

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Ducts - simple to stratified cuboidal cells, narrow lumen

Secretory portion - lined with cuboidal / low columnar cells

32
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Where can we find myoepithelial cells? What is it?

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Eccrine glands (sit between secretory acini and basement membrane)

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Apocrine glands

(Smaller, flatter nuclei)
Isolated contractile cells
Lots of it in breast tissue

33
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Can you find myoepithelial cells in ducts?

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NO. It’s absent in ducts! ONLY present in secretory portion!

34
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Sebaceous glands normally associate with hair follicles. True of false?

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True

35
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There’s NO lumen in sebaceous glands. True or false?

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True.

36
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Where can we find apocrine glands?

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Axilla, pubic region, breast, eyelid

37
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Which of the following glands - eccrine, apocrine and sebaceous, have the biggest lumen?
Which one is only active at puberty?
Which one(s) associate with hair follicle?

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Biggest lumen: apocrine gland! (Sebaceous have no lumen)

Only active at puberty: apocrine gland

Both apocrine & sebaceous associate with hair follicle

38
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Breast and ear wax glands are modified apocrine sweat glands. True or false?

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True

39
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How many different layers are there in hair follicle?

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Infundibulum (upper)
Isthmus (middle)
Bulb & supra bulb (lower)

40
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What is the outermost covering of hair follicle lined by?

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External root sheath

41
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Why is malignant melanoma the most serious skin cancer?

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Metastasise early! Cause a number of deaths even in young people

42
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What are the risk factors for melanoma?

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  • fam history of melanoma
  • freckles / red hair
  • no. Of melanocytic naevi (>50)
  • fair skin that burns easily
  • immunosuppression
  • atypical mole syndrome
  • giant congenital melanocytic naevi
  • lentigo maligna
43
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What are the ABCDE criteria for malignant melanoma?

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A - asymmetry 
B - border irregularity 
C - colour (varied shades) 
D - diameter (>6mm)
E - evolution (if the lesion has changed / is growing)
44
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How many different clinical types are there for melanoma? And what are they?

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4 clinical types:

  1. Lentigo maligna melanoma
    - patch of lentigo maligna that develops a papule / nodule —> signalling invasive tumour
    - precursor lesion of melanoma
    - atypical pigmented macular lesions
    - seen in ELDERLY patients esp. FACE
  2. Superficial spreading malignant melanoma
    - most common
    - large, flat, irregularly pigmented lesion that grows laterally before vertical invasion develops
  3. Nodular malignant melanoma
    - MOST AGGRESSIVE type
    - presents as rapidly growing pigmented nodule (raised) which bleeds / ulcerates
  4. Acral lentiginous malignant melanoma
    - arise as pigmented lesions on palm / sole / under nail
    - usually present late
    - more commonly in dark-skinned / Asians
    - may not be related to sun exposure
45
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What treatment options are available for melanoma?

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BRAF inhibitors - vemurafenib

[induces G1 arrest]

46
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What are the pre-malignant cutaneous lesions ?

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  • actinic keratoses
  • Bowen’s disease
  • keratoacanthoma
  • familial atypical multiple mole melanoma (FAMM)
  • giant congenital melanocytic naevi
  • lentigo maligna
47
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What is lentigo maligna?

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Slow-growing macular area of pigmentation seen in elderly people, common on face!

*aka Hutchison’s Melanotic freckle (HMF)
- precursor lesion of melanoma!
If invasive component develops (i.e. malignant transformation) —> known as lentigo maligna melanoma

48
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What is keratoacanthoma?

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Rapidly growing epidermal tumours that develop central necrosis + ulceration

49
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What are the major and minor criteria for Glasgow seven-point checklist for melanoma?

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Major criteria:

  • change in size
  • change in shape
  • change in colour

Minor criteria:

  • diameter >6mm
  • inflammation
  • oozing / bleeding
  • mild itch / altered sensation
50
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What are the 2 growth patterns of tumour dev in melanoma?

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Radial + vertical

Radial = cancer 1st tries to grow within the epidermis (laterally)

Vertical = when radial growth finishes —> grow down and invade into dermis

51
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Explain ugly duckling rule.

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Melanoma is usually the ‘odd one out’!

52
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What is a dermoscope? What’s it used for?

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A light source with magnification.

  • to see lesions more accurately
53
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What is someone’s 5 year survival rate based on TNM classification if he has stage I melanoma? What about stage IV melanoma?

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Stage I - 90%
Stage IV - 20%

*stage II - 80%
stage III - 50%

54
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Based on Breslow thickness of tumour, what is the recurrence of melanoma?

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<0.76 mm thick = low risk
0.76 - 1.5 mm thick = medium risk
>1.5 mm thick = high risk

55
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What is Breslow thickness? Is it a better prognostic tool than Clark level?

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Measurement of depth of melanoma from epidermis down thru to the deepest point of the rumour

Thicker = greater chance it has metastasised

*better prognostic tool compared to Clark

56
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How many types of skin neoplasms are there? What are they?

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Melanocytic neoplasms (benign + malignant)

  • freckles
  • acquired melanocytic naevus
  • dysplastic naevus
  • lentigo maligna
  • melanoma

Non-melanocytic neoplasms (arise from keratinocytes)

  • seborrheic keratosis
  • actinic keratosis
  • SCC
  • BCC
57
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What are the phototoxic meds that increase photo-toxicity, leading to skin cancer?

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Azathioprine, mercaptopurine (immunosuppressor)

Thiazides diuretics

Voriconazole (antifungal)

58
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What is epidermolysis bullosa ?

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  • genetic
  • kids that don’t have collage 7 at basal layer of kin —> loss of dermal-epidermal adherence —> skin fragility —> multiple wounds but over time these wounds give rise to SCC
59
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What is the relationship between organ transplant recipients and skin cancer?

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Massive increase in incidence in keratinocytes cancers!

60
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What is a blue naevi?

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An acquired asymptomatic blue-grey mole caused by a deeper proliferation of melanocytes in mid-dermis

61
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What is spitz naevus?

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Occurs mainly in children / YA

Rapidly growing solitary, nodular naevi

62
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What is the new therapy for advanced melanoma?

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BRAF/MEKi combination therapy

63
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What are the genetic factors that predispose someone to getting skin cancer?

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Loss of DNA repair ability
- DNA repair system defect: Xeroderma pigmentosum
—> severe sunburn for minimal exposure from birth, early freckling before 2 yo, skin cancer from 5-7 yo

Loss of TSG
- Gorlin syndrome
—> multiple BCC before 20 yo

64
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What is the immunotherapy used to treat melanoma? And why?

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Combined nivolumab (PD-1 antagonist) + ipilimumab (CTLA4 antagonist)

  • by far the best
  • PD-1 —> responsible for inhibiting T cell action on melanoma cells
  • CTLA4 inhibitor —> increase immune activity
65
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Cold vs hot tumours

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Cold tumour = tumour cells + immune-suppressing cells

Hot tumour = tumour cells + T cells + other cancer fighters (may not be active but are there)

66
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What is Bortezomib?

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Protease inhibitor
- induces G2 arrest in melanoma cells

BTZ-treated cells are also quickly phagocytosis by macrophages

67
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What are different closure options for skin cancer surgery?

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P - primary (side to side / curvilinear)
I - secondary intention
G - full thickness skin graft FTSG / split thickness skin graft STSG
C - composite cartilage graft / combination closure / interpolation flaps
A - advancement flap (defined by linear movement: unilateral A-L / bilateral A-T)
R - rotation flap (defined by arcuate movement)
T - transposition flap (transpose - up & over adjacent skin / structures)
S - island pedicle flaps (no cutaneous attachment e.g. nasal - based on subcutaneous / myocutaneous tissue)

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