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Tinea Versicolor. Tinea Versicolor Treatment. Relief is temporary and recurrences are common Hypopigmented areas will take seveal months to repigment. Medications. Selenium sulfide shampoos Wash, leave on for 10 minutes.
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Tinea VersicolorTreatment • Relief is temporary and recurrences are common • Hypopigmented areas will take seveal months to repigment
Medications • Selenium sulfide shampoos • Wash, leave on for 10 minutes. • Topical miconazole, clotrimazole, econazole, ciclopirox BID for 14 days. • Topical ketoconazole qD for 14 days. • Oral ketoconazole, 400mg. Take med, sweat hard, don’t wash x 24 hours. May repeat every month PRN.
Psoriasis treatment • Strongly consider derm consult • High potency topical steroids • PUVA, UVB and tar • Immunomodulators • (e.g., methotrexate, cyclosporine) • Whole talk in itself
Lichen PlanusTreatment • Topical steroids, high potency initially. • Intralesional steroids • Antihistamines • PUVA for generalized LP • Kenalog in orabase for oral lesions on buccal mucosa (Wickham’s striae)
Overweight patient with bumps on the back of the arms over triceps muscle…
What is this? Go through the Differential Dx before answering.
And this? Location = volar surface of wrist. Differential Diagnosis?
Write down for me the differential diagnosis of a 2 cm scaly plaque. No further info.