DERMATOLOGY

Question 1

A WOMAN IS AT THE DERMATOLOGIST FOR EVALUATION OF A SUSPICIOUS MOLE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS IS INCORRECT?

APPEARANCE
BORDER
COLOR
DIAMETER

Answer 1

APPEARANCE

Question 2

WHAT TYPE OF PATHOGEN IS RINGWORM (TINEA) ?

Answer 2

FUNGUS

Question 3

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A CONTAGIOUS SKIN CONDITION?

PSORIASIS
IMPETIGO
CELLULITIS
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

Answer 3

IMPETIGO

Question 4

CHLAMYDIA IS MOST PREVALENT IN INDIVIDUALS

Answer 4

YOUNGER THAN 20 YEARS OLD

Question 5

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Answer 5

HAVE TO BE REPORTED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Question 6

ANTIHISTAMINES MAY CAUSE A PERSON TO ?

Answer 6

BECOME DROWSY AND FALL ASLEEP EASILY

Question 7

A 37 YEAR OLD MALE HAS HERPES ZOSTER. THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED AN ANTI VIRAL. WHAT IS THE DRUG PRESCRIPTION?

Answer 7

VALACYCLOVIR

Question 8

A 32 YEAR OLD FEMALE HAS A VAGINAL YEAST INFECTION. THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBES AN ANTIFUNGAL ANTIBIOTIC, WHAT IS THE DRUG RX?

Answer 8

FLUCONAZOLE

Question 9

A 55 YEAR OLD FEMALE IS TAKING LAMISIL (LAMOTRIGINE) WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

Answer 9

FUNGAL INFECTION

Question 10

THE ALLERGIC REACTION IS MEDIATED PRIMARILY BY

Answer 10

HISTAMINES

Question 11

THE TUBERCULIN TEST (PPD SKIN TEST, Mantoux test) IS ROUTINELY USED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT?

Answer 11

RECURRENT SEASONAL ALLERGIES

Question 12

A POTENTIAL MAJOR COMPLICATION OF SKIN ALLERGY TESTING IS

Answer 12

ANAPHYLAXIS

Question 13

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT USED TO ASSESS IMMUNE FUNCTIONS IN A SKIN TEST?

Answer 13

HBV

Question 14

HERPES VIRUS TESTING IS PERFORMED ON

A. PREG WOMEN WHO WILL DELIVER VAGINALLY IN NEXT 6-8 WEEKS

B. PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED INITIAL GENITAL INFECTION

C. IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS WITH FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Answer 14

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 15

STD CULTURE IS INDICATED IN ALL EXCEPT

A. VAGINAL OR PENILE DISCHARGE
B. URETHRITIS
C. BACTEREMIA
D. PELVIC PAIN

Answer 15

BACTEREMIA

Question 16

WHICH HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS IS TRANSMITTED SEXUALLY?

Answer 16

TYPE 2

Question 17

WHAT ARE THE 3 LAYERS OF THE SKIN?

Answer 17

HYPODERMIS OR SUBQ TISSUE
DERMIS
EPIDERMIS

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 18

WHAT DOES THE DERMIS CONTAIN?

Answer 18

ALL OF THE ABOVE

• CONTAINS BLOOD VESSELS
• CONTAINS HAIR FOLLICLES
• ALSO CONTAINS PILOSEBACEOUS, APOCRINE AND ECCRINE STRUCTURES

Question 19

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE SEBUM?

Answer 19

SEBUM RETAINS MOISTURE EVAPORTAION FROM SKIN IS PROBABLY IMPORTANT IN SKYN HYDRATION AND LUBRICATION

IMPORTANT TO THE PATHOGENESIS OF ACNE

“BOTH OF THEM”

Question 20

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HYPODERMIS?

Answer 20

“ALL OF THEM”

A. DEEPEST LAYER OF SKIN; GIVES SKIN ITS PLIABILITY

B. INVOLVED IN THERMAL INSULATION, NUTRITIONAL RESERVES AND CUSHIONING

C. CONTAINS NERVES ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHT AND HEAVY PRESSURE

Question 21

WHAT KINDS OF LESIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE INFLAMMATORY ACNE?

Answer 21

MANY PAPULES
PUSTULES
CYCTS

“ALL OF THEM”

Question 22

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRONIC ECZEMA?

Answer 22

“ALL OF THEM”

A. LICHENIFICATION; THICKENED SKIN CAUSED BY CHRONIC RUBBING

B. EXAGGERATION OF NORMAL SKIN MARKINGS; CHANGE IN PIGMENTATION

C. ITCHING IS INTENSE

Question 23

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN MARGINATION BETWEEN PAPULOSQUAMOUS LESIONS AND ECZEMATOUS LESIONS?

Answer 23

PAPULOSQUAMOUS LESIONS ARE SHARPLY MARGINATED

ECZEMATOUS LESIONS ARE DIFFUSELY MARGINATED

“BOTH OF THEM”

Question 24

WHAT TYPES OF CELLS ARE CONTAINED IN THE EPIDERMIS?

Answer 24

A. KERATINOCYTES OR KERATIN FORMING CELLS
B. MELANOCYTES
C. LANGERHANS CELLS
D. ALL OF THEM

“ALL OF THEM”

Question 25

WHAT IS THE THICKNESS OF THE EPIDERMIS?

Answer 25

ABOUT 1MM

Question 26

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN?

Answer 26

PROTECTION OF THE BODY SENSORY FUNCTION TEMPERATURE REGULATION PRODUCTION OF VITAMIN D

Question 27

EPIDERMIS LAYER HAS WHAT TYPE OF CELLS?

Answer 27

KERATINIZED STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

Question 28

_____ CONTAINS NO BLOOD VESSELS OR LYMPHATICS

Answer 28

EPIDERMIS

Question 29

WHAT SKIN LAYER HAS VERY FEW NERVE TERMINALS?

Answer 29

EPIDERMIS

Question 30

WHAT LAYER IS THIS? DENSE LAYER OF A NETWORK OF COLLAGEN, & ELASTIC FIBERS AND FIBROBLASTS & MACROPHAGES AND FAT CELLS

Answer 30

DERMIS

Question 31

IN WHAT LAYER DO FIBERS PROVIDE SKIN TONE, STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS OF THE SKIN?

Answer 31

DERMIS

Question 32

WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE DERMIS ?

Answer 32

BLOOD VESSELS, HAIR FOLLICLES AND APOCRINE/ECCRINE

Question 33

ALTERNATE NAMES FOR SUPERFICIAL FASCIA?

Answer 33

HYPODERMIS, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE

Question 34

HYPODERMIS?

Answer 34

SUBQ TISSUE

Question 35

WHAT DOES THE SUPERFICIAL FASCIA LAYER CONTAIN?

Answer 35

DEEP PART OF SWEAT GLANDS, BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC VESSELS, CUTANEOUS NERVES

Question 36

WHAT SKIN LAYER CONTAINS A DELTA NERVE FIBER INNERVATIONS?

Answer 36

SUPERFICIAL FASCIA

Question 37

WHAT DOES THE DEEP FASCIA LAYER CONTAIN?

Answer 37

DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE, NO FAT

Question 38

WHAT ARE THE NONCONTAGIOUS SKIN CONDITIONS

Answer 38

``` CELLULITIS SHINGLES ACNE ECZEMA PSORIASIS ALOPECIA ```

Question 39

CELLULITIS INVOLVES WHAT LAYER OF THE SKIN?

Answer 39

DERMIS AND THE SUBCUTANEOUS FAT LAYERS

Question 40

SYMPTOMS OF CELLULITIS?

Answer 40

REDNESS, PAIN, TENDERNESS, SWELLING, WARM AFFECTED AREA

Question 41

CAUSE OF CELLULITIS?

Answer 41

STREPTOCOCCUS AND STAPHYL AUREUS

Question 42

SHINGLES IS ...

Answer 42

HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS INFECTION AFFECTING THE SKIN

Question 43

PREVENTION OF SHINGLES/ HERPES ZOSTER

Answer 43

LIVE VACCINE (ZOSTAVAX) CONTRA IN IMMUNE COMPROMISED PERSON

Question 44

T/F SHINGLES AFFECTS ONE SIDE OF THE BODY

Answer 44

TRUE

Question 45

GENETICS ACCOUNT FOR WHAT % OF ACNE?

Answer 45

80%

Question 46

ECZEMA IS CAUSED BY WHAT?

Answer 46

UNKNOWN BUT COULD RUN IN THE FAMILY

Question 47

SYMPTOMS OF ECZEMA?

Answer 47

ITCHY, RED, VESICULAR WEEPY RASHES

Question 48

ECZEMA AGGRAVATED BY WHAT?

Answer 48

HOT WATER, STRONG DETERGENTS, EXTREME COLD, PET DANDER, SMOKING AND STRESS

Question 49

IS PSORIASIS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

Answer 49

YES

Question 50

PSORIASIS PATCHES ARE NORMALLY?

Answer 50

RED IN COLOR, SCALY, THICK AND ITCHY

Question 51

WHERE ARE PSORIASIS PATCHES LOCATED

Answer 51

ON THE EXTENSOR SURFACES OF LIMBS

Question 52

PEOPLE WITH PSORIASIS ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING?

Answer 52

ARTHRITIS, LYMPHOMA, CROHNS, CARDIOVASC DISEASE AND DEPRESSION

Question 53

CAUSE OF ALOPECIA?

Answer 53

FUNGAL INFECTIONS, TRAUMA, IRON XU

Question 54

WHAT ARE SOME CONTAGIOUS SKIN CONDITIONS?

Answer 54

IMPETIGO LICE FUNGAL INFECTIONS

Question 55

WHICH CONDITION IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN?

Answer 55

IMPETIGO

Question 56

WHICH CONDITION DEVELOPS HONEY COLORED CRUSTS?

Answer 56

IMPETIGO

Question 57

TX FOR IMPETIGO?

Answer 57

ANTIBIOTICS, NOT CONTAGIOUS AFTER 24 HOURS

Question 58

T/F LICE ARE PARASITES THAT DEED ON SKIN, OIL OR BLOOD

Answer 58

TRUE

Question 59

WHAT ARE SOME FUNGAL INFECTIONS?

Answer 59

YEAST INFECTIONS, TINEA (RINGWORM) AND SCABIES

Question 60

SCABIES DUE TO ..

Answer 60

AN INSECT PARASITE, TYPE OF MITE

Question 61

YEAST INFECTION DUE TO ?

Answer 61

INFLAMMATORY CONDITION BY CANDIDA ALBICANS

Question 62

TX FOR FUNGAL INFECTIONS?

Answer 62

ANTI FUNGAL MEDICATIONS

Question 63

ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATIONS FOR WHICH CONDITIONS?

Answer 63

SCABIES, TINEA AND YEAST INFECTIONS

Question 64

APPEARANCE OF BASAL CELL CARCINOMA?

Answer 64

SHINY AND PEARLY APPEARANCE

Question 65

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA APPEARANCE

Answer 65

NODULE APPEARANCE IN THE BEGINNING BUT TURNS TO ULCERATED AND BLEEDING

Question 66

T/F SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IS EASILY METASTASIZED?

Answer 66

TRUE

Question 67

WHICH IS THE DEADLIEST CANCER?

Answer 67

MELANOMA

Question 68

MELANOMA IS MOST COMMON IN THE SKIN BUT CAN HAPPEN WHERE ELSE?

Answer 68

INTESTINES, MOUTH AND EYE

Question 69

MELANOMA START AS A MOLE AND CHANGES ____?

Answer 69

IRREGULARLY

Question 70

WHAT ARE THE ABCDE'S OF MELANOMA?

Answer 70

``` ASYMMETRY BORDER COLOR DIAMETER EVOLVING ```

Question 71

WHAT DOESNT MATTER IN MELANOMA CRITERIA?

Answer 71

APPEARANCE