Derm Flashcards
(21 cards)
Irregular brown macules
Cafe au lait spots, can be endocrine cause eg McCune Albright syndrome
Genital ulcer, single, painless
Treponema pallidum
Syphilis virus
Smooth lump, overlying punctual, creamy discharge
Sebaceous cyst
Itchy rash, vesicles, weeping then crust over, previous coryzal symptoms
Varicella zoster
Blistering, erythematous papulovesicular rash (elbows, scalp, shoulder, ankles)
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Raised painless lesions on front of shins
If endo then pretibial myxodema
Nodulopustular ulcers
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Can be seen in IBD
Shiny areas on skin with a yellowish colour and overlying telangiectasia in a diabetic
Necrobiosis lipoidica
Appears commonly over shins
Depressed pigmented scars on shins
Diabetic dermopathy
Well demarcated plaques on shins and elbows, shiny atropic surface with red/brown edges
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
Flesh-coloured papules coalescing in rings on the back of hands and fingers
Granuloma annulare
Target shaped red lesions
Erythema multiforme
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
A severe form of erythema multiforme resulting in bullous lesions and necrotic ulcers
Purpuric rash + easy bruising/bleeding
ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura), immune-mediated destruction of platelets. Can occur after acute viral infection in children.
Red, moist skin area with ragged, peeling edge and possibly papules and pustules. Sore + itchy.
Skin candidiasis
Maculopapular rash occurring in dermatomal distribution
shingles
Nodulopustular ulcers, with tender red/blue overhanging, necrotic edge
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Itchy blisters in groups on knees, scalp and elbows. Itch can drive pts to suicide
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Skin problems associated with diabetes
Granuloma annulare
Necrobiosis lipoidica
Acanthosis nigricans
rash raised edges, clear centre
erythema marginatum
in diabetic, raised, reddened hardened skin with yellowish centre
necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
