Mucosal, Oral, and Cutaneous Disease Flashcards
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Acne Vulgaris
- very common
- hormones
- medications
- skin bacteria
- stress
- genetic susceptibility
Open comodones
- black-heads
2. open to the air (oxidized)
Closed comodones
white-heads
Nodule-cystic acne
- leads to scarring
2. inflammatory
Topical Acne Tx
- comedolytics (target the comedones)
2. anti-inflammatories (benzoyl peroxide, clindamycin, dapsone)
Systemic Tx for Acne
- oral antibiotics (tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline)
- combined oral contraceptives
- isotretinoin
Non-melanoma skin cancers
- includes basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC)
- most COMMON malignancy in humans
* *BCCs: 80%
* *SCCs: 20% - 3.5 million cases annually in the US, affects ALL races
Risk factors for non-melanoma skin cancer
- fair skin (skin type I or II)
- age
- male
- sun or UV exposure
* *SCC: cumulative
* *BCC: intermittent
* *melanoma: tanning beds - ionizing radiation
- genetic syndromes
- immunosuprresion
SCC (specific) skin cancer risk factors
- arsenic
- HPV
- PUVA
- smoking
- chronic wounds
- long-standing skin disease
Basal Cell Carcinoma
- most common type
- most often on head and neck
- pick, pearly papule with a rolled edge
- chronic course, slow growth with ulceration
- rarely metastasizes
Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma
- classic type
2. 50-80% of all types
Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma
- non-painful, don’t bleed
- can be confused with melanoma
- must biopsy
Superficial BCC Skin Cancer
- second most common
- 15% of BCCs
- favor the trunk and extremities
- located in top layers of skin
Invasive/Morpheaform BCC skin cancer
- locally aggressive sub-type
- may appear scar-like
- often a histologic determination
Actinic Keratoses
- pre-malignant or pre-cancerous
- 10% develop into SCC over 10 years (if untreated)
* *60% of SCCs develop from AKs - same risk factors as SCC
- prevention: sunscreen/low fat diet
- tx: destruction/topical immunotherapy
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer
- 300,000 per year in US
2. most common skin cancer in AA
Risk factors for SCC skin cancer
- cumulative long term exposure to UV light
- radiation
- immunosuppression
- chronic ulceration, scar, HPV, carcinogens
Keratoacanthoma
- rapid growth
- clinically tame
- variant of SCC
SCC in situ
- Bowen’s disease
- elderly
- sun-exposed skin
- de novo or from AKs
- head and neck»_space;extremities
- tender to the touch, not a lot of depth
"BEST" B: Bowen's Disease E: elderly S: sun T: tender to touch
High Risk Sites for Skin Cancer
- trunk and extremities: 2 cm and greater
2. cheeks, forehead, neck, and scalp: 1 cm and greater
Indications for Mohs Surgery
- high risk sites
- recurrent
- poorly delineated or incompletely removed
- pt on immunosuppression
Melanoma
- incidence in whites has tripled in last thirty years
2. lifetime risk in 1 in 70
Nodular Melanoma
- 15-20% of melanomas
- no radial growth phase–>rapid growth
- trunk and legs most common
Acral-Lentiginous Melanoma
- melanoma on the toes or fingers
2. most common type in AA, Asians, Hispanics