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Dermatology Made simple: Funny Colour
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Sunday, October 19, 2008. Excluding red and skin colors we will look at lesions that are an uncommon colour. Yellow skin consider carotene pigmentation of palms and soles, jaundice from any cause and drugs such as quinacrin. Cyanosis makes you blue as well! Labels: 015 Funny colours. Skin Disease Made Simple. Global Skin Atlas Quiz Test Yourself. Red non scaly diseases. Dr McColl is...
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Dermatology Made simple: Blistering diseases
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. If there are Blisters. The mnemonic is ICI. Imperial Chemical Industries) I. Ontact dermatitis and I. On exposed surfaces where the patient has brushed up against an offending bush or tree. A more advanced overview of nearly all possible causes of blisters is shown below. A GP would rarely need to refer to it! Blisters on the trunk include those on the ch...
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Dermatology Made simple: Skin coloured scaly diseases
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. Skin coloured scaly diseases. The Skin coloured but scaly conditions are just the various forms of Ichthyosis, a group of genetic diseases of the skin. See DermNet for further information. There is a rare type of ichthyosis that is red and scaly called CIE or congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma. Labels: 007Skin coloured scaly. Skin Disease Made Simple.
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Dermatology Made simple: October 2008
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. Introduction to Differential Diagnosis in Dermatology. There are over 2000 named diseases in dermatology but common things occur commonly. They just sometimes look a bit different! You just ask yourself the following 3 questions. 1 Is the rash red and scaly or red and non scaly? 2 Are there pustules or blisters? 1 PMs PET for red scaly diseases. This help...
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Dermatology Made simple: Skin Coloured non scaly
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. Skin Coloured non scaly. Skin coloured non scaly lesions. On the skin are usually infiltrates, ie the pathology is in the dermis. Rather than the epidermis. ( Involvement of the epidermis usually gives scale or crust of some sort). Dermnet on granuloma annulare. Dermnet on molluscum contagiosum. Labels: 008Skin Coloured non scaly. Skin Disease Made Simple.
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Dermatology Made simple: White skin localised
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. White patches present at birth should raise the possibility of tuberous sclerosus. Hypopigmentation on the trunk includes that on the chest, back and abdomen. Labels: 011White skin localised. Skin Disease Made Simple. Global Skin Atlas Quiz Test Yourself. Introduction to Differential Diagnosis in Dermatol. Red non scaly diseases. Skin Coloured non scaly.
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Dermatology Made simple: Test Cases
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Saturday, October 18, 2008. These cases will be analysed using the nemonics previously learned. This is obviously a red scaly lesion. Note there are two other smaller lesions near it. The PMs PET nemonic. Applies. Is it psoriasis, eczema or tinea? For tinea so it could be a fungal infection. Labels: 017 Test Cases. Skin Disease Made Simple. Global Skin Atlas Quiz Test Yourself.
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Dermatology Made simple: Red scaly diseases
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. Diagnosing skin diseases is not difficult. You look at a rash and decide if it is red and scaly or red and non scaly. If it is red and scaly you use the mnemonic PMs PET. Which can masquerade as a red scaly rash and even be non scaly. So add solar damage after the nemonics for both the red scaly and non scaly rashes. Nnular erythemas and L for L. Once you...
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Dermatology Made simple: Hyperpigmentation generalised
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This is an educational website of the Australian Institute of Dermatology. See Australian Institute of Dermatology Website. Thursday, October 23, 2008. Is always worrying. It can be a feature of underlying malignancy particularly ACTH producing carcinoma of the lung or from an underlying melanoma. Also consider Addison's disease with pigmentation of the skin creases and inside the mouth.Drug induced hyperpigmentation is another thought particularly from some chemotherapy drugs. Metabolic ...Fixed drug pl...
