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Suppurative hidradenitis - affects?

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Chronic follicular occulsive disease that affects axilla, groin and inframammary regions

#painful inflammatory nodules 
#draining sinus tracts
2
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Patient chops firewood and gets rash - diagnosis? Presents as?

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Sumac dermatitis. Erythematous rash with occasional vesicles on forearms

3
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Comedonal Acne presents as? treatment?

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Topical retinoids

Comedones on forehead, nose, chin

#Salicylic
#azelaic
#glycolic acid
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Inflammatory acne - presents as? treatment for mild, moderate and severe?

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Topical retinoids and benzoyl peroxidase

Inflamed papules (<5 mm) with pustules and erythema

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Nodular acne - presents as? Treatment for moderate, severe and unresponsive?

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topical retinoid and benzoyl peroxidase and topical antibiotics

Large (>5mm) nodules that can appear cystc, sinus tracts with scarring

6
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Herpetic whitlow?

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Herpes infection of hand

7
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Ichthyosis vulgaris - presentation? worse when?

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Skin normal at birth and gradually progresses to dry scaly “lizard skin”

winter

8
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Molluscum contagiosum caused by?

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Pox virus

9
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Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with what cutaneous eye findings?

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zanthomas and zanthelasmas

10
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Hordeolum?

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purulent infection of eyelid glands

11
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Acne drug that result in phototoxic skin reaction?

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doxycycline

12
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Cavernous hemangiomas of brain/viceral associated with?

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von Hipple-Lindau disease

13
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Pt presents with recurrent chalazion - next step?

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Histology to rule out meibomian carcinoma or basal cell carcinoma

14
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Old patient resents with purplish non-inflammed skin discoloration. Labs normal. Cause?

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Senile purpura - perivascular connective tissue atrophy leading to eccymosis

15
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Treatment for dematitis herpetiformis?

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dapsone

16
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Fungal infection erythema in the area and high fever - think?

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Cellulitis (fungal infection as a nidus for bacteria)

17
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pt presents with circular patches with central clearing and scaly borders- diagnosis?

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Tinea corporis infection

18
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Graft vs Host disease - B or T cell primarily involved?

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T cells

19
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Acanthosis Nigracans associated with?

If sudden?

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#Diabetes
#PCOS
#Obesity
#Addisons (if on elbows and face)

Malignancy (mucus membranes, palms, soles)

20
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Parkinson’s diseases associated with what skin condition?

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Severe seborrheix dermatitis

21
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Increased skin tags associated with?

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#Diabetes
#Pregnancy
#Crohn's Disease (perianal)

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