Dermatology Links for Medical Students:

• Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
• Information on many Skin diseases
• Dermatology Atlas
• UK dermatology site

• Dermatology - Photo Album

• Macule
• Papule
• Nodule
• Vesicle
• Pustule
• Bullae
• Plaque
• Erosion

Achieving a diagnosis

• History
• Occupation
• Past illnesses
• Onset
• Examination
• Magnification
• Shape and Pattern
• Distribution and Colour
• Investigations
• Woods light
• Epiluminescent Microscopy

• Shape
• Linear
  • Contact Dermatitis
  • Lichen Striatus
• Annular
  • With erythema - E. annularae, E. multiforme, Urticaria
  • With Granuloma - Sarcoidosis, Leprosy
  • With Scaling - Pityriasis rosea, Tinea
• Grouped
  • Herpes simlex and zoster
  • warts
  • Bites
  • Lupus vulgaris

• Exposed regions
• Flexural
• Regions in contact with exogenous agent
• Classic regions eg psoriasis
• Skin appendage involvement

• White, Grey, Black
• Red Pink Orange
• Brown Blue Violet Purple
• Green

• Red and scaling
• Psoriasis
• Dermatitis
  • atopic
  • contact
• Lupus
• Purpuric
• Vasculitis
  • Leucocytoclastic
  • Capillaritis
• Dermal only
• Granuloma annularae
• Urticaria

• Macule
• Papule
• Nodule
• Vesicle
• Pustule
• Bullae
• Plaque
• Erosion

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