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Patterns of skin disease: (7)

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  • White lesions
  • Ring-shaped lesions
  • Brown pigmented lesions
  • Round, oval or coin-shaped (discoid) lesions
  • Linear lesions
  • Subcutaenous nodules
  • Itch (pruritus)
  • Lentigos
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of WHITE lesions

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  • Pityriasis versicolor
  • Pityriasis alba
  • Vitiligo
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of RING-SHAPED lesions

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  • Basal cell cancer
  • Tinea
  • Granuloma annulare
  • Erythema multiforme
  • Leprosy (rare)
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of BROWN PIGMENTED lesions

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  • Sun-related freckles
  • Lentigos
  • Cafe-au-lait spots
  • Seborrhoic keratoses/warts
  • Cholasma (melasma)
  • Systemic diseases (Addison’s; haemochromatosis; porphyroa cutanea tarda)
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of DISCOID lesions

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  • Bowen’s disease
  • Discoid eczema
  • Psoriasis
  • Pityriasis rosea
  • Erythema chronicum migrans
  • Impetigo
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of LINEAR lesions

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  • Kobner phenomenon
  • Dermatitis artefacta
  • Herpes zoster
  • Scabies burrows
  • Cutaneous larval migrans
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of SUBCUTANEOUS nodules

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  • Rheumatoid nodules
  • Rheumatic fever
  • PAN
  • Xanthelasma
  • Tuberous sclerosis
  • Neurofibroma
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Granuloma annulare
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of ITCH

  • Itchy lesions (5)
  • Systemic disease (6)
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Itchy lesions:

  • Scabies
  • Urticaria
  • Atopic eczema
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis
  • Lichen planus

Systemic disease:

  • Low iron levels
  • Lymphoma
  • Hypo/hyperthyroidism
  • Liver disease
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Malignancy
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Patterns of skin disease: causes of LENTIGOS

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LENTIGO: a condition marked by small brown patches on the skin, typically in elderly people. Examples include:

  • Premalignant lentigo maligna
  • Invasive lentigo maligna melanoma
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SYSTEMIC DISEASES that have SKIN signs

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  • Diabetes
  • Coeliac disease
  • IBD
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • SLE
  • Erythema multiforme
  • Erythema migrans
  • Cutaneous vasculitis
  • Livedo reticularis
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SKIN DIAGNOSES not to miss (12)

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  • Actinic (solar) keratoses
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Bowen’s disease
  • Leprosy
  • Leukoplakia
  • Lentigos
  • Melanoma
  • Metastatic cancer
  • Mycosis fungiodes
  • Paget’s disease of the nipple
  • Squamous cell cancer
  • Syphilis
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