9 - Skin and Subcutaneous (Absite 2024)

Apply running water or saline for 2 hours

For acidic solutions run it for at least 30 minutes

Following causing injury to skin with an alkaline agent, what is the best initial treatment?

Application of calcium carbonate gel

It binds to the fluoride ions

The treatment of a hydrofluoric acid skin burn is ____

Beta-lactam

MRSA coverage can be added if no response is seen

Initial treatment of nonpurulent, complicated cellulitis is ______

50%

The recurrence rate of basal cell carcinoma is ____% within 3 years after treatment

> 6 mm

In the ABCDE of melanoma, a diameter > ____ mm is suspicious for the disease

Lungs and liver

Followed by brain, GI tract, distant skin, and subcutaneous tissue

The most common sites of distant metastasis for melanoma are _____ (2)

Eye

Ocular melanoma is treated by photocoagulation, partial resection, radiation, or enucleation

Most common noncutaneous site of melanoma is the _____

Acral lentiginous melanoma

Found on palmar, plantar, and subungual surfaces

_____ is the most common melanoma in patients with dark skin

Nodular variant

It is characterized by raised, pearly pink papules and occasionally a depressed tumor center with raised borders giving the classic "rodent ulcer" appearance.

. Superficial spreading is the most common for melanoma

_____ is the most common form of basal cell carcinoma

Hidradenitis suppurativa

The chronic inflammatory disease presenting as painful subcutaneous nodules is ______