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Multiple Choice Question 1 of 25
1. Question
Ethnic differences in skin colour are determined by differing melanocyte numbers between ethnic groups.
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Multiple Choice Question 2 of 25
2. Question
The surface of human skin is normally slightly alkaline.
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Multiple Choice Question 3 of 25
3. Question
The dermis contains both capillaries and lymphatics.
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Multiple Choice Question 4 of 25
4. Question
The skin has mechanical, endocrine, homeostatic, excretory and sensory functions.
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Multiple Choice Question 5 of 25
5. Question
Skin is thinner in children and the elderly.
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Multiple Choice Question 6 of 25
6. Question
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) caused by ultraviolet radiation share a common originating step of damage to the gene p53.
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Multiple Choice Question 7 of 25
7. Question
Chromosome 9 is commonly affected in genetically linked syndromes producing high rates of skin cancer after ultraviolet exposure.
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Multiple Choice Question 8 of 25
8. Question
The concept of ‘high-risk’ and ‘low-risk’ lesions with respect to prognosis applies to both basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and the inclusion criteria overlap.
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Multiple Choice Question 9 of 25
9. Question
The preoperative margins of excision should be marked using optical magnification.
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Multiple Choice Question 10 of 25
10. Question
Prognosis is worse for thicker squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) for similar reasons to worsening prognosis with increasing thickness in melanoma.
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Multiple Choice Question 11 of 25
11. Question
Haemangiomata are commoner in girls than in boys and usually resolve with increasing age.
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Multiple Choice Question 12 of 25
12. Question
Vascular malformations are commoner in boys than in girls and are associated with numerous genetic syndromes.
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Multiple Choice Question 13 of 25
13. Question
Vascular malformations may be associated with haematological and skeletal pathology.
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Multiple Choice Question 14 of 25
14. Question
Vascular skin lesions can be treated with intense pulsed light or laser targeted at haemoglobin (as a chromophore).
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Multiple Choice Question 15 of 25
15. Question
Pyogenic granulomata usually respond readily to laser treatment.
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Multiple Choice Question 16 of 25
16. Question
Most neurofibromatosis is the result of spontaneous mutations.
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Multiple Choice Question 17 of 25
17. Question
Hidradenitis suppurativa is commoner in women.
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Multiple Choice Question 18 of 25
18. Question
Pyoderma gangrenosum and necrotising fasciitis are surgical emergencies needing intervention without delay.
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Multiple Choice Question 19 of 25
19. Question
Most superficial skin infections are caused by staphylococci and/or streptococci.
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Multiple Choice Question 20 of 25
20. Question
After screening blood tests and radiology, the vital management of necrotising fasciitis is fluid resuscitation, rapid administration of high-dose intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical debridement.
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Multiple Choice Question 21 of 25
21. Question
Where melanoma is suspected, an initial biopsy followed by definitive clearance based on the thickness of the melanoma is the only safe management.
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Multiple Choice Question 22 of 25
22. Question
Histologically confirmed metastasis to regional lymph nodes has more prognostic significance than the Breslow thickness of the primary melanoma.
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Multiple Choice Question 23 of 25
23. Question
It is likely that positive sentinel node biopsy (SNB) followed by regional lymphadenectomy confers no measurable survival benefit because, in the majority of cases, the SNB removed the only metastatic disease present.
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Multiple Choice Question 24 of 25
24. Question
Lentigo maligna melanoma is positively correlated with prolonged sun exposure.
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Multiple Choice Question 25 of 25
25. Question
Nodular melanoma is generally more aggressive than superficial spreading melanoma; more common in men; and more commonly arises on the upper half of the body.
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