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| Tiny, brown or skin-colored, oval excrescence attached by a short, broad-to-narrow stalk. With time, the tumor can increase to 1 cm as the stalk becomes long and narrow. Patients complain that when they wear clothing or jewelry, these tumors are annoying. |
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| Where do skin tags usually occur? |
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| How large can skin tags become? |
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| May grown to 1cm with a long and narrow stalk |
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| What is dermatosis papulos nigra? |
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| Occurs in black population, appears as smooth, brown-black papules on the malear area of the face and forehead |
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| What is a cutaneous horn? |
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| A hard keratin projection, warts, SKs, actinic keratosis and squamous cell CA may all retain keratin and produce horns |
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| Benign 3-10mm slightly raised, pink/brown, sometimes scaly, hard nodule that retracts beneath skin when compressed. Diagnosed via a firm fibrous consistency and surface dimpling on compression |
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| What is found within Epidermal cysts? |
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| Surface opening is keratin-filled orifice (giant blackhead), can vary in size from a few millimeters to several centimeters, may originate from comedones |
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| What occurs if the wall of a Epidermal cyst is destroyed during the intense inflammatory process following a rupture? |
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| Epidermal cyst will not recur |
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| How do pilar cysts differ from Epidermal cysts? |
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| No central punctum is seen |
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| What is Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis? |
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| Painful, red, inflamed lesion on helix of ear as a firm, 2- to 6-mm nodule. May be very tender |
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| How is Chondrodermatitis treated? |
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| Intralesional triamcinolone once every 2 to 3 weeks until clear may be sufficient but treatment is often unsatisfactory, biopsy to rule out squamous cell CA may be recommended |
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