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1
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What does a mongolian spot look like?

A

blackish blue

2
Q

What birth mark is red and flat?

A

port wine

3
Q

How would you describe a hemangioma?

A

red and raised

4
Q

Does a hemangioma reduce with age?

A

yes

5
Q

What is vitiligo?

A

patchy absence of melanin

6
Q

What is described as a patchy deposition of melanin?

A

chloasma

7
Q

What is tinea versicolor?

A

white patches

8
Q

What are the white patches in tinea versicolor?

A

subdermal fungus

9
Q

What is the most common type of skin cancer?

A

basal cell

10
Q

What skin cancer is the most invasive?

A

melanoma

11
Q

What skin cancer is waxy, indurated or hard,?

A

basal cell

12
Q

How is squamous cell skin cancer described?

A

irregular, flaky and bleeding

13
Q

How is a melanoma described?

A

pigmented, multicolor

14
Q

What skin disease has brown patches, silver scales, discolored area on extensors, pitted nails?

A

Psoriasis

15
Q

What is the treatment for most skin diseases?

A

UV

16
Q

What is another name for ringworm?

A

Tinea capitis

17
Q

What two skin diseases cannot be exposed to UV or sunlight? aka heliotrope

A

SLE, Dermatomyositits

18
Q

What disease is a spirochete and carried by a tick?

A

Lyme disease

19
Q

What is a hair follicle that is inflamed on the forehead, cheek, nose or chin?

A

Acne Vulgaris

20
Q

What skin disease has erythema migrans, central clearing and a bulls eye rash?

A

Lyme disease

21
Q

What is acne rosacea?

A

deep inflammation of the nose with redness of the face

22
Q

What is the “purple cancer” that is associated with aids?

A

Kaposi Sarcoma

23
Q

What skin disease has the “herald patch”?

A

Pityriasis rosea

24
Q

What skin disease has a butterfly or malar rash?

A

SLE

25
Q

What skin disease has a rash on the eyelids and knuckles?

A

Dermatomyositis

26
Q

How is seborrheic Keratosis described?

A

scaly brown rased scaly lesions or flat brown discoloration

27
Q

What skin disease has scaly skin in hairy regions?

A

Seborrheic Dermatitits

28
Q

What is actinic keratosis?

A

hard precancerous lesion

29
Q

What things do you suspect when you see someone with clubbed nails?

A

COPD, arthritis, cancer, hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy, CHF, RA

30
Q

Whe there are transverse grooves and lines what do you suspect?

A

systemic disease

31
Q

What are vertical lines called, and what do they indicate?

A

splinter hemorrhages

SBE

32
Q

What two things can cause spoon nails?

A

iron deficiency, fungus

33
Q

What color is a fordyce spot?

A

yello

34
Q

What color aphthous stomatitis? aka?

A

yellow center, red halo

Canker sore

35
Q

What color is leukoplakia?

A

White

36
Q

If the white layer on the tongue can be scraped off is it cancerous?

A

no

37
Q

How does diphtheria appear in the throat?

A

pseudomembrane

38
Q

How are herpes described?

A

vesicles

39
Q

What disease is associated with koplik spots?

A

rubeola

40
Q

What color are koplik spots?

A

white spots on a red base

41
Q

When the nasal cavity is red what disease is present? Acute or chronic?

A

rhinitis and coryza

acute

42
Q

When the nose is pale/gray/blue what disease is present? Acute or chronic?

A

infections and allergies

chonic

43
Q

When there is a foul discharge what is the problem with the nose?

A

foreign object

44
Q

When there is clear thin discharge from the nose what is it? clear and thick?

A

CSF and allergies

Infection