Chapter 8: Disorders of Cornification, Infiltration, and Inflammation

Granuloma faciale is associated with all the following EXCEPT:

A. Middle-aged white men

B. Idiopathic cutaneous disorder

C. Systemic disease

D. Eosinophilic granuloma

E. A prominent grenz zone narrow band of papillary dermal sparing separates epidermis from the dermal infiltrate

C. Granuloma Faciale is not associated with systemic disease.

Common manifestation of Sweet syndrome includes all EXCEPT:

A. Fever

B. Leukocytosis

C. Arthralgia

D. Arthritis

E. Myalagias

F. Pancreatitis

F. Sweet syndrome manifestation does not include pancreatitis. Other extracutaneous involvement include ocular, arthralgias, myalgias, arthritis, neutrophilic pulmonary alveolitis, and multifocal sterile osteomyelitis.

Which of the following major criteria for classic ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum

A. Rapid progression of a painful, necrolytic cutaneous ulcer with irregular violaceous and undermined border.

B. History suggestive of pathergy.

C. Histopathological findings of sterile dermal neutrophilia, mixed inflammation.

D. Rapid response to systemic corticosteroids.

A. The 2 major criteria for pyoderma gangrenosum are rapid progression of a painful, necrolytic cutaneous ulcer with irregular violaceous and undermined border. Other causes of cutaneous ulceration have been excluded.

Granuloma Annulare synonyms include:

A. Pseudorheumatoid nodule

B. Subcutaneous granuloma annulare variant

C. Generalized granuloma annulare

D. Disseminated granuloma annulare

E. All of the above

E. Granuloma annulare synonyms include pseudorheumatoid nodule, subcutaneous granuloma annulare variant, generalized granuloma annulare, and disseminated granuloma annulare.

Which of the following are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner?

A. Sjögren-Larsson syndrome

B. Erythrokeratodermia variabilis

C. Ichthyosis vulgaris

D. B and C only

E. All of the above

D. Erythrokeratodermia variabilis and ichthyosis vulgaris are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is inherited in ...