Honey colored crusts

NEET-PG HIGH YIELD POINTS: Seen in...DDX...?

Answer:Impetigo

Impetigo is a highly contagious skin infection which causes sores and blisters. It's very common and affects mainly children.

There are two types of impetigo:

• bullous impetigo, which causes large, painless, fluid-filled blisters  
• non-bullous impetigo, which is more contagious than bullous impetigo and causes sores that quickly rupture (burst) to leave a yellow-brown crust

Auspitz's sign & Koebner phenomenon

NEET-PG HIGH YIELD POINTS:...DDX...?

Answer: Psoriasis
Auspitz's sign is the appearance of punctate bleeding spots when psoriasis scales are scraped off, named after Heinrich Auspitz.

Koebner phenomenon, also called the "Koebner response" or the "isomorphic response", refers to skin lesions appearing on lines of trauma.

The Koebner phenomenon describes skin lesions which appear at the site of injury. It is seen in:

• Psoriasis
• Pityriasis rubra pilaris
• Lichen planus
• Lichen nitidus
• Vitiligo
• Lichen sclerosus
• Elastosis perforans serpiginosa
• Kaposi sarcoma
• Necrobiosis lipoidica

NEET-PG high yield points: "Target Lesions" DDX...?
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Answer: Erythema multiforme (EM) 

NEET-PG high yield points: Pictorial DDX...?
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Answer:
Acne Rosacea

NEET-PG high yield points: Nikolsky sign...can be seen in...?

Answer:
Pemphigus vulgaris
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome 

NEET-PG High yield points: Beau's line/Pastia's line...seen in...?

Answer: Scarlet fever

NEET-PG MCQs In Exanthems

 Ans:A

 Ans:D

 Ans: D

Ans: B

DDx of Pediatric Exanthems