Skin Flashcards
(60 cards)
Name the epidermal layer which is most prominent in palms and soles
Stratum lucidum
Name the epidermal layer which show desmosomes
Stratum spinosum
Name epithelial cell junction which connects keratin in basal cells to underlying basement membrane
Hemidesmosome
Name the dermatologic lesion seen in eczema, psoriasis and SCC
Scale ( flaking off of stratum corneum)
Eczematous dermatitis shows which dermatologic microscopic lesion
Spongiosis ( epidermal accumulation of Edematous fluid in intracellular spaces)
Name the condition shows hypergranulosis (increase thickness of stratum granulosum)
Lichen planus
Name the condition which is associated with Parkinson disease
Seborrheic dermatitis
Presentation of seborrheic dermatitis
Red plaque with greasy yellow scales in areas rich in sebaceous glands viz scalp, face and periocular region
What is Feckles (Ephelides)?
Increase in melanin production by melanocytes
Important point
Steroid therapy for atopic dermatitis cause atrophy or thinning of that dermis
How atopic dermatitis occurs?
Mutations in filaggrin gene predispose via skin barrier dysfunction
Presentation of atopic dermatitis
Itching eruption on skin flexures associated with other allergic disorders
-Sites are face in infancy and antecubital fossa in kids and adults
Important point
Junctional nevi are flat macules
Intradermal nevi are papular
Name the condition occur as a result of shaving
Pseudo folliculitis barbae
Presentation of Pseudo folliculitis barbae
Hyper pigmented papules And pustules located on cheeks, jawline and neck common in African American males
Important points of psoriasis
Munro microabscess
Increase Stratum spinosum and decrease stratum granulosum
Presentation of Rosacea
Facial flushing due to external stimuli like alcohol and heat
Red plaques and pustules w/o comedones
Name the sites of angiosarcoma (Stewart treves Syndrome)
Head Neck and breast
Associated with radiation therapy and chronic post mastectomy lymphedema
Name the vascular tumors of skin in kids
Strawberry hemangioma
First increase in size and then regress
Name the vascular tumors of skin in adults
Cherry hemangioma
Doesn’t regress
Name the vascular tumor of skin Arise from modified smooth muscles cells of the thermaregulatory glomus body
Glomus tumor (benign painful red blue tumor)
Site under finger nails
Name the vascular tumor of skin associated with trauma and pregnancy
Pyogenic granuloma shows polypoid lobulated capillary hemangioma
What is the cause of bullous impetigo?
S aureus
What parts of skin affect from erysipelas and name the cause of it?
Upper dermis and superficial lymphatics
And S pyogenes