DERMATOLOGY(Skin)-Occasionally Asked Topics

1) acne acuminata ---seen in T.B. ---------------((1))

2) acneiform drug eruption---causes --------------((1))

3) acrodermatitis enteropathica---Rx ( zinc) ------------((1))

4) "actinomycosis---also called as "" MOSSY FOOT ""." ----------((1))

5) alopecia---nonscarring (psoriasis) & scarring (L.P.)--causes. ---------((1))

6) "angioedema---also called "" QUINCKE'S disease""." -----------((1))

7) apthous ulcers -------------------------------((1))

8) bacel cell ca. --------------------------------((1))

9) bushke-lowenstein synd.---Rx cryosurgery ----------((1))

10) behcets synd. ----------------------------((1))

11) clubbing---fluctuation is the FIRST SIGN. ----------((1))

12) ciclopirox olamine---used for fungal/tinea. ----------((1))

13) "cutaneous marker of malignancy---(necrolytic migratory erythema,annular erythema,acanthosis nigricans.)" ----------------------((1))

14) creeping cutaneous eruption---(ancylostoma braziliense )-------------((1))

15) "cotrimazole---uses-gonorrhoea ,LVG,granuloma inguinale"---------------((1))

16) "dermatitis---atopic,contact,irritant contact,seborrhoeic."-----------------((1))

17) dermatomyositis---GOTTRON'S papules--------------------((1))

18) drug eruptions---(photosensitive lichenoid-gold)----------------((1))

19) DDS---cochrane was the first person to use DDS-------------((1))

20) ecthyma gangrenosum---seen in pseudomonas septicaemia -------((1))

21) eczema---atopic eczema--------------------------((1))

22) erythema--------------------------------------((1))

23) erythema pernio ---cause COLD exposure--------------((1))

24) ENL-erythema nodosum leprosum--------------((1))

25) erythema infectiosum-----------------((1))

26) erythrasma---caused by cornybacterium minutissium-----------((1))

27) erythema induratum---is a form of dermatitis -------------((1))

28) fungi with no sexual stage ---imperfect fungi -----------((1))

29) fixed drug eruption--drugs causing----------((1))

30) freckles---------------(1))

31) fordyce's disease--affects LIPS-------------((1))

32) genital warts ---HPV. ------------------((1))

33) gentian violet---safest local antibiotic -------((1))

34) hair grow---in anagen phase ---------------((1))

35) langerhan cells----antigen presenting cells--------((1))

36) lupus vulgaris---T.B.of skin-------------------((1))

37) macule--- ---------------((1))

38) malignant melanoma--- -------------((1))

39) miliaria---crystallina --------------((1))

40) morphoea---over forehead---------------------((1))

41) mycosis fungoides--T-cell- ---------------------((1))

42) morbilliform rash---N.meningitides ------------------((1))

43) neurofibroma---Lisch nodules seen------------((1))

44) nevus---junctional -pre malignant---------------((1))

45) niacin---photodermatitis / pellagra---------------((1))

46) necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum---DM.----------------((1))

47) "neuro cut. Diseases---tuberous sclerosis,ashleaf patches ,neuro fibromatosis ,"-----((1))

48) patch test---used in contact dermatitis--read after 2 days / 48hrs----------------((1))

49) pyoderma--- -------------((1))

50) "premalignant oral carcinoma---leukoplakia,melonoma,submucosal fibrosis…"------((1)

51) phrynoderma---vit .A def.&EFA def… -----------((1))

52) purpura---(congenital erythripoietic P.--urophotoporphyrin cosyntathase III def.------((1)

53) scleroderma--- ------------------((1))

54) scrofuloderma--- ----------------((1))

55) seborrheic dematitis---pityriasis capitis -Cradle cap --------(1))

56) STDS.---CAUSES ------------((1))

57) solar keratosis---Rx topical 5-FU. ------------((1))

58) "steroids---most potent steroid-clobetasol proprionate /diproprio.,side effects"----------((1))

59) "slate like discolouration ---chorpromazine,minocycline,amiodarone…"---------((1))

60) "subepidermal blistering---dermatitis herpetiformis ,TEN,bullous pemphigoid…"------------------((1))

61) subepidermal bulla---pemphigoid ---------------((1))

62) skin doubling time ---4 wks. ------------------((1))

63) sterptomycin---used in Rx of G.V. granuloma venereum ----------((1))

64) Toxic epidermal necrolysis---Lyell's synd. -------------((1))

65) tetracyclines--- --------------((1))

66) UV radiation---max skin is damaged in 290-360nm wavelength ------((1))

67) vagabond's disease ---pediculosis corporis -----------(1)

68)vesicles---& vesicobullous lesions--- ----------------((1))

69) vit.A---phrynoderma& uses -------------------------((1))

70) xerodema pigmentosa---A.R. disorder ----nucleotide bases repair defect-------------((1))

71) "oral mucosal lesions---L.P.&rosacea,…" ------------((1))

72) mucous memb. Lesions--pemphigus vul. ----------------------------------------------((1))