SHORT NOTES IN DERMATOLOGY FOR FAMILY MEDICINE
1.PIGMENTATION DISORDER
HYPERPIGMENTATION HYPOPIGMENTATION
-Neurofibromatosis -Albinism
-Drugs – amiodarone, minocycline, chloroquine -Vitiligo
-Addison’s disease -Tuberous sclerosis
-Cushing’s syndrome -Pityriasis alba
-Chloasma -Hypopituitarism
-Lichen planus -Phenylketonuria
-Acanthosis nigricans
-Malabsorption
-CKD, CLCD
-Malignant melanoma
2. CAUSES FOR ALOPECIA
SCARRING ALOPECIA NON-SCARRING ALOPECIA
-Shingles -Alopecia areata
-Lupus erythromatosis -SLE
-3ry syphilis -2ry syphilis
-Radiation/burns -Ringworm /taenia infection
-Kerion -Traction
-Morphea -Male pattern baldness
-folliculitis declavanus
, 3. DERMATITS HERPETIFORMIS
- common in males > females
- in 30-40 years
- itchy vesicular rash
- commonly on elbow, knee, buttock, scalp
- related to coeliac disease
Investigation: skin biopsy
Management: Gluten free diet
4. VITILIGO
- Common in both females and males equally
- 10-30 years
- Associate with alopecia, pernicious anemia, diabetes mellitus type 1, Addison’s disease,
autoimmune thyroid diseases
- White patches which contain no melanocytes
- Symmetrical distribution
Management: high factor sun cream, topical steroids
1.PIGMENTATION DISORDER
HYPERPIGMENTATION HYPOPIGMENTATION
-Neurofibromatosis -Albinism
-Drugs – amiodarone, minocycline, chloroquine -Vitiligo
-Addison’s disease -Tuberous sclerosis
-Cushing’s syndrome -Pityriasis alba
-Chloasma -Hypopituitarism
-Lichen planus -Phenylketonuria
-Acanthosis nigricans
-Malabsorption
-CKD, CLCD
-Malignant melanoma
2. CAUSES FOR ALOPECIA
SCARRING ALOPECIA NON-SCARRING ALOPECIA
-Shingles -Alopecia areata
-Lupus erythromatosis -SLE
-3ry syphilis -2ry syphilis
-Radiation/burns -Ringworm /taenia infection
-Kerion -Traction
-Morphea -Male pattern baldness
-folliculitis declavanus
, 3. DERMATITS HERPETIFORMIS
- common in males > females
- in 30-40 years
- itchy vesicular rash
- commonly on elbow, knee, buttock, scalp
- related to coeliac disease
Investigation: skin biopsy
Management: Gluten free diet
4. VITILIGO
- Common in both females and males equally
- 10-30 years
- Associate with alopecia, pernicious anemia, diabetes mellitus type 1, Addison’s disease,
autoimmune thyroid diseases
- White patches which contain no melanocytes
- Symmetrical distribution
Management: high factor sun cream, topical steroids
