Common Dermatological Problems

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Quiz am Common Dermatological Problems , erstellt von MPusey am 29/12/2014.
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

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What is atopic eczema?
Antworten
  • An inflammatory process affecting the skin
  • Loss of melanocytes from the stratum basale
  • Thinning of the epidermis

Frage 2

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Atopic eczema is not the most common form of eczema.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 3

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What percentage of the population does eczema affect?
Antworten
  • 5%
  • 15%
  • 35%
  • 60%

Frage 4

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What is the most common age of onset of atopic eczema?
Antworten
  • Childhood
  • Middle age
  • Aged 60+

Frage 5

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What conditions are often associated with atopic eczema?
Antworten
  • Hayfever
  • Asthma
  • IBS
  • Meningitis

Frage 6

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Histologically, which layer of skin thickens in the chronic stage of eczema?
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  • Epidermis
  • Dermis
  • Subcutis

Frage 7

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In which stage of eczema is the skin likely to be weepy?
Antworten
  • Acute
  • Chronic

Frage 8

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The vesicles that are present during the acute stage of atopic eczema are found....
Antworten
  • intraepidermally
  • intradermally
  • between the epidermis and dermis

Frage 9

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Where does infantile atopic eczema usually first present?
Antworten
  • Cheeks
  • Nappy area
  • Flexures (e.g. crook of elbow)
  • Extensor surfaces (e.g. back of elbow)

Frage 10

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What area of the body does infantile atopic eczema usually spare?
Antworten
  • Face
  • Nappy area
  • Hands and feet
  • Torso

Frage 11

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Where does eczema tend to localize to in school-age children?
Antworten
  • Flexures
  • Extensor surfaces
  • Hand and feet
  • Between the digits

Frage 12

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What is lichenification?
Antworten
  • Thick, leathery skin due to extensive scratching or rubbing of the area
  • Thin, papery skin due to the skin drying out
  • Thickening of the skin due to the skin drying out
  • Skin that has lost its pigment due to excess scratching or rubbing

Frage 13

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Which of the following are common triggers for atopic eczema?
Antworten
  • Cleaning products
  • Dust mites
  • Animal fur
  • Pollens
  • Salt water

Frage 14

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What can be used to break the itch-scratch cycle commonly seen in eczema?
Antworten
  • Mittens or gloves
  • Steroids
  • Antihistamines
  • Oral antibiotics

Frage 15

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How times a day are emollients usually prescribed for a person with eczema?
Antworten
  • Once a day
  • Twice a day
  • Three times a day
  • As required

Frage 16

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How can using soap substitutes help in the treatment of eczema?
Antworten
  • Reduce irritation
  • Moisturize the skin
  • Prevent bacteria from entering the affected areas

Frage 17

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How should steroids be used in the treatment of eczema?
Antworten
  • Intermittently to control flare ups, but not on more the 7 days in a month
  • Constantly
  • As required, but not for more than a month at a time

Frage 18

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What treatments can a dermatologist offer for eczema that a GP cannot?
Antworten
  • Topical steroids
  • Systemic treatments
  • UV light therapy
  • Calcineurin inhibitors
  • Oral antibiotics

Frage 19

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What are calcineurin inhibitors?
Antworten
  • Immunomodulating drugs that block calcineurin receptors
  • Immunomodulating drugs that prevent the production of calcineurin
  • Immunomodulating drugs that decrease the effects of calcineurin by binding to it and changing its shape

Frage 20

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What does calcineurin do?
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  • Activates inflammation within the skin
  • Causes immune cells within the skin to proliferate
  • Aggravates the skin causing inflammation

Frage 21

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Steroids can cause stretch marks or striae on the skin.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 22

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What is the most common bacterial infection that accompanies eczema?
Antworten
  • Staphylococcal infection
  • E. Coli infection
  • Streptococcal infection

Frage 23

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What is the most common viral co-infection that accompanies eczema?
Antworten
  • Herpes infection
  • Rhotavirus infection
  • Coronovirus infection

Frage 24

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When is hyper- or hypo- pigmentation most likely to occur in eczema?
Antworten
  • Following treatment with steroids
  • After an acute phase
  • After scarring has healed

Frage 25

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Eczema does not cause scarring. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 26

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Where does psoriasis most often occur on the body?
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  • Flexor surfaces
  • Extensor surfaces
  • Torso
  • Extremities

Frage 27

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Which of these descriptions most accurately describes psoriasis?
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  • Well-defined, inflamed plaques which appear white and scaly
  • Poor-defined, inflamed plaques which appear white and scaly
  • Well-defined, inflamed plaques which appear golden and crusty
  • Poorly-defined, inflamed plaques which appear golden and crusty

Frage 28

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What percentage of the population is affected by psoriasis?
Antworten
  • 0.1-0.5%
  • 1-2%
  • 5-7%
  • 10-15%

Frage 29

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What is the peak age of onset for psoriasis?
Antworten
  • 15 years old
  • 28 years old
  • 40 years old
  • 67 years old

Frage 30

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Psoriasis only affects women. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 31

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Psoriasis usually affects extensor surfaces, but where else can it commonly affect?
Antworten
  • Sacrum
  • Scalp
  • Ears
  • Palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • Cheeks
  • Lips
  • Axillary region

Frage 32

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The distribution of psoriasis is usually symmetrical. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 33

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Histologically, what occurs in psoriasis?
Antworten
  • Disordered maturation of keratinocytes
  • Increased epidermal transit time of keratinocytes
  • Thickening of the epidermis
  • Hyperplasia of keratinocytes in the stratum corneum
  • Benign proliferation of Langerhan cells within the epidermis

Frage 34

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How does coal tar help to treat psoriasis?
Antworten
  • Slows the growth of keratinocytes
  • Restores the skins appearance
  • Reduces the irritation of the skin
  • Thins the epidermis
  • Slows hair growth

Frage 35

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Why is coal tar not well tolerated?
Antworten
  • It can make the skin red and itchy
  • It can stain clothes, bedding and light-coloured hair
  • It causes hair loss
  • Not very much improvement is seen after short-term use

Frage 36

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How is salicylic acid useful in treating psoriasis?
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  • It softens the plaques and helps lift them off the skin to reveal normal skin underneath
  • It reduces blood pressure which helps to prevent psoriasis flare-ups
  • It moisturizes the skin

Frage 37

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What is the mechanism of action of vitamin D analogues used in the treatment of psoriasis?
Antworten
  • Reduces proliferation of keratinocytes and stimulates epidermal cell differentiation
  • Reduces proliferation of melanocytes and stimulated epidermal cell differentiation
  • Increases proliferation of keratinocytes and stimulates epidermal cell differentiation
  • Reduces proliferation of keratinocytes and reduces epidermal cell differentiation

Frage 38

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What treatments can dermatologists offer for psoriasis that GPs cannot?
Antworten
  • Topical steroids
  • UV phototherapy
  • Systemic medications
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • Emollients
  • Coal tar

Frage 39

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Which wavelength of UV light is used in UV phototherapy?
Antworten
  • UV A
  • UV B
  • UV C

Frage 40

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Why are oral retinoids given before a course of UV phototherapy?
Antworten
  • To enhance the effects of the UV phototherapy
  • To sedate the patient
  • To ensure the patient does not experience and nausea or vomiting
  • To reduce the risk of DNA damage to skin cells

Frage 41

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What is the course of treatment for UV phototherapy?
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  • 2-3 times per week for 3-4 months
  • As required
  • 6 times per week for a month
  • Once per week for one year

Frage 42

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What is the cause of acne vulgaris?
Antworten
  • Over-activity of pilo-sebaceous glands
  • Over-activity of apocrine sweat glands
  • Over-activity of eccrine sweat glands
  • Under-activity of pilo-sebaceous glands

Frage 43

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What causes the over stimulation of the sebaceous glands?
Antworten
  • Hormonal stimulation
  • Diet
  • Sympathetic nervous stimulation
  • Parasympathetic nervous stimulation

Frage 44

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How does the over stimulation of the sebaceous glands then lead to acne?
Antworten
  • The hair follicles become "plugged" with secretions
  • Inflammation occurs within the hair follicles
  • Hair growth is too fast due to increased sebum leading to the follicle becoming blocked

Frage 45

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Where on the body is acne most common?
Antworten
  • Face
  • Upper chest and back
  • Hands
  • Scalp

Frage 46

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Why is acne most common on the face, upper chest and upper back?
Antworten
  • Because the highest population of sebaceous glands is found here
  • Because these areas are often exposed
  • Because these areas are most often touched with dirty hands

Frage 47

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How many grades of severity are there for acne vulgaris?
Antworten
  • 3
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7

Frage 48

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What do topical retinoids do?
Antworten
  • Dry skin out
  • Moisturize the skin
  • Prevent stimulation of sebaceous glands
  • Reduce the viscosity of sebum

Frage 49

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How should systemic retinoids not be given to?
Antworten
  • Pregnant women
  • Anyone under the age of 12
  • Anyone taking oral antibiotics

Frage 50

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How is the oral contraceptive pill useful in treating acne?
Antworten
  • It controls the hormones to prevent over stimulation
  • It makes sebum less viscous preventing "plugging" of the hair follicles
  • It makes hair follicles larger so that they become "plugged" less easily
  • It is used in women and girls to give a placebo effect

Frage 51

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Both oral and topical antibiotics can be used to treat acne vulgaris. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 52

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What type of infection is impetigo?
Antworten
  • Bacterial
  • Viral
  • Fungal

Frage 53

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Which bacteria are most commonly responsible for impetigo?
Antworten
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcus pyogenes
  • E. coli
  • All Streptococcal bacteria

Frage 54

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What feature is very characteristic of impetigo?
Antworten
  • Golden-yellow crust
  • Severe inflammation
  • Purple-ish flecks within the rash

Frage 55

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What two treatments are most commonly used to treat impetigo?
Antworten
  • Fucidin cream
  • Oral flucloxadin
  • Topical penicillin
  • Emollients
  • Methotrexate
  • Topical dexamethasone

Frage 56

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What virus usually causes viral warts?
Antworten
  • Human papilloma virus
  • Rhotar virus
  • Astrovirus
  • Herpes simplex virus type I

Frage 57

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How are viral warts most commonly transmitted?
Antworten
  • In water
  • By sharing clothes or bedding
  • By touching the wart and then touching areas of damaged skin

Frage 58

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Viral warts are often self-resolving. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 59

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Which of the following is not a treatment for viral warts?
Antworten
  • Duct taping and filing down
  • Salicylic acid
  • Cryotherapy
  • Topical antibiotics

Frage 60

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Tinea and roundworm are different skin conditions. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 61

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What is tinea caused by?
Antworten
  • A bacteria
  • A virus
  • A fungus

Frage 62

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What is the usually given as treatment for tinea?
Antworten
  • Topical anti-fungals
  • Topical antibiotics
  • Emollients
  • Topical corticosteroids

Frage 63

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Systemic treatment is never used for tinea infection. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 64

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What causes actinic keratosis?
Antworten
  • Sun exposure
  • Benign proliferation of melanocytes
  • Hormonal over-stimulation
  • Wear and tear of the skin over time

Frage 65

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In what age group is actinic keratosis most common?
Antworten
  • Over sixties
  • Forties to fifties
  • Teenagers
  • Infants

Frage 66

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Why must actinic keratosis be closely observed?
Antworten
  • Because it can develop into skin cancer
  • Because as it increases in size it can become very painful
  • Because if a person has more than three lesions they may have liver cirrhosis

Frage 67

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What skin cancer is actinic keratosis most likely to develop into?
Antworten
  • Melanoma
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Basal cell carcinoma

Frage 68

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What treatments are there for actinic keratosis?
Antworten
  • Cryptherapy
  • Emollients
  • Topical corticosteroids
  • Systemic retinoids
  • Oral antibiotics

Frage 69

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Which type of skin cancer is considered to be the least serious?
Antworten
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Melanoma

Frage 70

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Where on the body does basal cell carcinoma most commonly present?
Antworten
  • Head and neck
  • Hands and arms
  • Torso
  • Any sun exposed area

Frage 71

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What is the appearance of a basal cell carcinoma lesion?
Antworten
  • Shiny, translucent nodule
  • Dark, asymmetrical lesion
  • Inflamed, crater-shaped lesion

Frage 72

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Why is basal cell carcinoma not referred under the two week wait rule?
Antworten
  • Because it very rarely metastasizes
  • Because nothing can be done to remove this cancer
  • Because too many people get this type of cancer for the NHS to deal with

Frage 73

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Squamous cell carcinoma only arises from actinic keratosis. True or false?
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 74

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What is squamous cell carcinoma caused by?
Antworten
  • Cumulative sun-exposure
  • Over stimulation by hormones
  • Smoking
  • Some recreational drugs

Frage 75

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What features of a skin lesion would make it suspicious?
Antworten
  • One solid colour only
  • Asymmetry
  • Clear borders
  • Diameter bigger than 6mm
  • Additional features, e.g. itching or bleeding
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