Exam

Question 1

Four layers of epidermis

Answer 1

Keratin
Granular
Prickle
Basal

Question 2

Merkel cells

Answer 2

Light touch mechanoreceptors

Question 3

Link the basal cells to basement membrane

Answer 3

Hemidesmosomes

Question 4

Link the papillary dermis to the basement membrane

Answer 4

Anchoring fibrils

Question 5

Apocrine glands

Answer 5

Axilla and perineum- produce sweat

Question 6

Eccrine glands

Answer 6

The whole body- cooling by evaporation

Question 7

Wavelength of light which converts cholecalciferol

Answer 7

290-320nm

Question 8

Ashleaf macules, enamel pitting, angiofibroma

Answer 8

Tuberous sclerosis

Question 9

Inheritance of tuberous sclerosis

Answer 9

AD, de novo common, heterogenous

Question 10

Extensive post-natal blistering and skin loss

Answer 10

Epidermolyisis bullosa

Question 11

Filaggrin mutations

Answer 11

Eczema

Question 12

Varicella reactivation in the facial nerve

Answer 12

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Question 13

Varicella vaccine

Answer 13

Live attenuated

Question 14

Genital warts

Answer 14

HPV 6 & 11

Question 15

Warts

Answer 15

HPV 1-4

Question 16

Cervical cancer

Answer 16

HPV 16 & 18

Question 17

Fleshly firm pearly umbilicated nodules

Answer 17

Molloscum contagiosum

Question 18

Erythema infectiosum

Answer 18

Parvovirus B19

Question 19

Treponema pallidum

Answer 19

Syphilis

Question 20

Painless ulcers at entry site, widespread erythema particularly on hands and soles, systemic complications

Answer 20

Syphilis

Question 21

First-line treatment of rosacea

Answer 21

Topical metronidazole

Question 22

Pathology of bullous pemphigoid

Answer 22

IgG against hemidesmosomes anchoring basal to basement membrane

Question 23

Coagulase positive staph

Answer 23

Aureus

Question 24

Gram positive cocci in clusters

Answer 24

Strep

Question 25

Trichyphyton rubrum

Answer 25

Ringworm

Question 26

Ringworm treatment

Answer 26

Clotrimazole, terbanafine

Question 27

Candida treatment

Answer 27

Clotrimazole, oral fluconazole

Question 28

Scabies treatment

Answer 28

Malathion lotion | Benzylbenzoate (not in children)

Question 29

High-risk areas for SCC

Answer 29

Lip, ear, scalp

Question 30

Self-limiting SCC, distinguished by central horn of keratin

Answer 30

Keratoacanthoma

Question 31

Chronic and cumulative sun exposure

Answer 31

SCC

Question 32

Intense and intermittent sun exposure

Answer 32

Melanoma, BCC

Question 33

Explosive eruption of many seborrhoeic keratoses

Answer 33

Lesar-Trelat sign

Question 34

"Horn" cysts

Answer 34

Seborrhoeic keratosis

Question 35

Peripheral palisading of cells

Answer 35

Nodular BCC

Question 36

Keratin pearls, atypical mitoses, cellular atypia

Answer 36

SCC

Question 37

Two growth phases of melanoma

Answer 37

Radial and vertical

Question 38

Lacks a radial growth phase

Answer 38

Nodular melanoma