Key Wordspigmentation, café-au-lait macules, erythema ab igne, melasma, lentigo, vitiligo, pityriasis alba, hydroa, sun damage, porphyrias, polymorphous light eruption Photobiology Sunlight has profound effects on the skin and is…
Key Wordstinea, ringworm, candidiasis, Candida balanitis, vulvovaginitis, vaginosis, Pityrosporum folliculitis, moniliasis, pitted keratolysis, intertrigo, oral candidiasis Dermatophyte Fungal Infections These dermatophytes include a group of fungi (ringworm) that under…
Key Wordshair loss, alopecia, baldness, hirsutism, polycystic ovary syndrome, anagen effluvium, loose anagen hair syndrome, trichotillomania, follicular degeneration syndrome, lupus, lichen planopilaris, pseudopelade, folliculitis decalvans, acne keloid, trichomycosis Physicians…
Key Wordsvascular tumors, cherry angioma, scleroderma, angiokeratoma, venous lake, pyogenic granuloma, Kaposi sarcoma, telangiectasia, infantile hemangioma, bacillary angiomatosis, lymphangioma circumscriptum, nevus flammeus, port-wine stain, Kasabach–Merritt syndrome Congenital Vascular Lesions…
Key Wordsinternal disease, necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, acanthosis nigricans, xanthomas, dyslipoproteinemia, neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, multiple hamartoma syndrome, renal carcinoma, diabetes mellitus, erythematous plaques, xanthelasma, plane xanthomas, hyperlipoproteinemia Certain cutaneous…
Key Wordswarts, subungual, periungual, molluscum contagiosum, herpeticum, debridement, varicella, chickenpox, postherpetic neuralgia, herpes simplex Warts Warts are benign epidermal neoplasms that are caused by human papillomaviruses (HPVs), which are…
Blisters Vesicles and bullae are the primary lesions in many diseases. Some are of short duration and are quite characteristic, such as those in poison ivy and herpes zoster. In…
Key Wordsacneiform, drug eruptions, exfoliative erythroderma, lichenoid, erythematosus-like drug eruption, vasculitis, exanthems, measles, Kawasaki, enterovirus, roseola, rubella, scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome, echovirus, coxsackievirus The word exanthem means a…
Key WordsMohs, excision, lasers, electrodessication, curettage, cryosurgery, botox, fillers, liposuction, cosmetic Punch biopsy, shave biopsy, electrodesiccation and curettage (ED&C), blunt dissection, and simple excision and suture closure are the…
Key Wordsconnective tissue disease, lupus, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, CREST syndrome, Raynaud disease, telangiectasias, morphea, scleroderma, autoantibodies, antinuclear antibodies Autoimmune Diseases Diseases that result from attack by one’s own immune system…
