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Malignant Neoplasms of the Skin/ Autoimmune Disorders
Diseases of Sweat Glands and Hair
Laboratory and Diagnostic Procedures
Medical Procedures
Surgical Procedures
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What is basal cell carcinoma?
Skin cancer that begins in the basal layer of the epidermis.
100
What is anhidrosis?
Congenital absence of the sweat glands and inability to tolerate heat.
100
What is allergy testing?
A test in which antigens in a liquid form are given by intradermal injections into the skin.
100
What is the purpose of Botox Injections? How does it do this?
To release deep wrinkle lines on the face. It does this by keeping the muscle from contracting.
100
What does Bx stand for?
Biopsy
200
What is malignant melanoma?
Skin cancer that begins in melanocytes in the epidermis.
200
What is acute or chronic loss of scalp hair?
Alopecia
200
What is a blood test that measures the amount of IgE produced each time the blood is mixed with a specific allergen?
RAST
200
What is a curettage?
A procedure to scrape off a superficial skin lesion.
200
What is the procedure that uses a needle to aspirate the fluid and cells from a cyst?
Needle aspiration
300
___________ is an autoimmune disorder that produces an excessive number of epidermal cells.
Psoriasis.
300
When does folliculitis typically occur?
After shaving, plucking, or removal of hair with hot wax.
300
How is skin scraping done?
With the edge of a scalpel.
300
What is the procedure in which necrotic tissue is debrided from a burn?
Debridement.
300
What is Liposuction?
A procedure to remove excessive adipose tissue.
400
_______ is an autoimmune disorder that causes the skin and internal organs to progressively harden due to deposits of collagen.
Scleroderma.
400
What is Hirsutism?
Excessive dark hair on the forearms and over the upper lips of a woman.
400
What is a similar procedure to the allergy skin testing?
The scratch test.
400
How is a cyst or abscess treated?
incision and drainage
400
What is an autograft?
A skin graft that is taken from another part of the patients own body.
500
What is the name of the type of skin cancer that begins in the connective tissue or lymph nodes?
Kaposi's Sarcoma
500
What is diaphoresis?
Profuse sweating.
500
What is Wood's Lamp?
A test that uses UV light to highlight areas of skin abnormality.
500
How is a laceration treated?
Suturing the skin.
500
What is a xenograft?
A skin graft of just the dermis that is taken from an animal.