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It’s Mnemonic Monday! Painful Skin Tumors
painful skin tumors
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember painful skin tumors with the following mnemonic: BLEND AN EGG Blue rubber bleb Leiomyoma Eccrine spiradenoma Neuroma Dermatofibroma Angiolipoma Neurilemmoma Endometriosis Granular cell tumor Glomus tumor Click HERE to print your mnemonic card.   Study More! Need a refresher on cutaneous tumors? Check out the following …

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It’s Mnemonic Monday! Angioid Streaks
Angioid Streaks
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember conditions associated with angioid streaks with the following mnemonic: APPLES Anemia, sickle cell Pseudoxanthoma elasticum Paget’s disease of the bone Lead poisoning Ehlers-Danlos Sclerosis, tuberous Click HERE to print your mnemonic card.   Study More! Need a refresher on eye findings in genodermatoses? Check out the f …

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It’s Mnemonic Monday! LEOPARD Syndrome
LEOPARD Syndrome
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the cutaneous and systemic manifestations of Noonan Syndrome with multiple lentigines (formerly LEOPARD syndrome) with the following mnemonic: LEOPARD Syndrome Lentigines EKG abnormalities Ocular hypertelorism Pulmonary stenosis Abnormal genitals Retarded growth Deafness Click HERE to print your mnemonic card.   Study M …

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It’s Mnemonic Monday! NAME Syndrome
Name Syndrome
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember the cutaneous and systemic manifestations of NAME syndrome, a subtype of the Carney Complex, with the following mnemonic: NAME syndrome Nevi Atrial myxomas Myxoid tumors Ephelides Click HERE to print your mnemonic card.   Study More! Need a refresher on the Carney complex? Check out the following pages of your 2020 Derm In …

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It’s Mnemonic Monday! Endothrix
ENDOTHRIX
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember dermatophytosis of the hair (Endothrix) where spores are found on the outside of the hair shaft and do NOT fluoresce with Wood's light with the following mnemonic: Endothrix: “TV’s in the House” T. tonsurans T. violaceum T. schoenleinii Click HERE to print your mnemonic card.   Study More! Need a refresher on Dermat …

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