Derm mnemotics – Flashcards

B: blue rubber nevus E: eccrine spiradenoma/erythema nodosum N: neurilemmoma/neuroma G: glomus tumor/Granular cell tumor A: angiolipoma/angioleiomyoma/angiosarcoma/arthopod bite L: leiomyoma D: DF, Dercum's dz (painful lipoma) O: osteoma cutis/Osler's node C: calcinosis cutis/cutaneous endometriosis S: Sweet's Syndrome Tender 2° to smooth muscle which can contract, compressed nerve, or inflammation

"LEMONS" L: lymphoma E: Ewing's Sarcoma M: Merkel cell carcinoma and Melanoma O: Oat cell carcinoma of the lung N: Neuroblastoma S: Small cell endocrine tumor

"HIS GIRL PENELOPE" HIS: histoplasmosis GI: granuloma inguinale R: Rhinoscleroma L: Leishmaniasis PEN: Penicillium marnefi

"BACK-uP" ∗ Banana ∗ Avocado ∗ Chestnut ∗ Kiwi ∗ Passion fruit

S: sunlight P: pregnancy A: Addison's disease R: renal failure E: excess iron (hemochromatosis) D: drugs (amiodarone, minocycline)

Vitaligo P: pityriasis alba or PIH A: Age related - idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis T: tinea versicolor or tuberous sclerosis (ash leaf macule) C: congenital birthmark (hypomelanosis of Ito) H: Hansen's disease (leprosy)

V: viral (HBV and HCV) A: autoimmune (SLE, Sjögren's, RA) S: strept, staph, Henoch-Schönlein purpura C: cryoglobulins, cryofibrinogens, Churg-Stauss/Wegener's granulomatosis U: ulcerative colitis, urticarial vasculitis L: lymphoproliferative dz (e.g., hairy cell leukemia) I: infectious - endocarditis, meningococcemia, gonococcemia, RMSF T: thiazide, phenothiazines, other drugs I: immune complex reaction, iodides, idiopathic S: sulfa drug, PCN, other abx

CHAD's KINKY WIFE GOT LUCKY C: Chronic granulomatous disease H: Hunter's syndrome A: Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia D: Dyskeratosis congenita Kinky: Menke's Kinky hair syndrome W: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome I: Ichythosis, X-linked Fabry's disease Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Type V and IX G6PD deficiency Lesch-Nyhan

IF MOB CCHILD I: Incontinentia pigmenti F: focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz) M: MIDAS syndrome O: Oral-digital-facial syndrome B: Bazex syndrome C: Chondrodysplasia punctata CHILD syndrome

RAP MOPED R: Rothmund-Thompson A: Acrogeria P: Penicillamine M: Marfan's O: Osteogenesis imperfecta P: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum E: Ehlers-Danlos D: Downs

NODOSUM NO: no cause in 60% of cases D: drugs (iodides, bromides, sulfonamides) O: OCP S: Sarcoidosis or Lofgren's U: UC, Crohn's Behcet's M: microbiology, maternity, and malignancy - Strept, TB, Yersinia, mycoplasma - Coccidio, Histo, and blastomycosis - Dermatophytes - Viral

ID SCALP I: idiopathic D: drugs S: seb derm, Sezary C: contact derm A: atopic derm L: leukemia/lymphoma P: psoriasis, PRP

P: psoriasis T: Tinea I: Impetigo C: Candida S: Seb derm S: Syphilis

C: Candida A: acropustulosis of infancy T: transient neonatal pustular melanosis P: pustular psoriasis I: impetigo S: Sneddon-Wilkerson (& IgA pemphigus) S: SSSS

S: Stasis derm T: Tinea A: ACD N: Nummular derm D: Dyshydrosis 2 P: PR I: Id reaction S: Spongiotic pigmenting purpura

P:Pityriasis (scale) L: Lichenoid lymphacytic infiltrate E: extravasated RBC V: vacuolar degeneration A: apoptotic keratinocytes

LIMBS L: Lithium I: Interferon M: Malarials B: Beta blockers S: Steroids

PLS TEN P: PsO, paraPsO, PR, PRP, PLC L: LP, LSC S: Syphilis, seb derm T: Tinea E: Eczema (atopic, contact, irritant, photo) N: Neoplastic (MF, SCC, Bowen's)

CAGES C: Clostridium A: Anthrax, aspergillosis G: GBS E: Ecthyma S: Spider bite