It’s Mnemonic Monday! Ectothrix
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember dermatophytosis of the hair (Ectothrix) where spores are found on the outside of the hair shaft, and fluoresce with Wood's light with the following mnemonic:
Ectothrix: “Cats And Dogs Fight and Growl Sometimes”
M. canis
M. audouinii
M. distortum
M. ferrugineum
M. gypseum
T. schoenleiniii
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember dermatophytosis of the hair (Ectothrix) where spores are found on the outside of the hair shaft, and fluoresce with Wood's light with the following mnemonic:
Ectothrix: “Cats And Dogs Fight and Growl Sometimes”
M. canis
M. audouinii
M. distortum
M. ferrugineum
M. gypseum
T. schoenleiniii
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember syndromes with an X-linked Recessive (XLR) inheritance pattern with the following mnemonic:
CHAD’S KINKY WIFE GOT LUCKY
Chronic granulomatous disease
Hunter’s disease
Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Dyskeratosis congenita
SCID
Menkes Kinky hair disease
Wiskott-Aldrich
Ichthyosis
X-linked Fabry’s disease
Ehlers-Danlos V and IX …
On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember syndromes with an X-linked Dominant (XLD) inheritance pattern with the following mnemonic:
The CHICAGO Bulls Dominated Because They Had the MIDAS Touch
Conradi-Hünermann
Incontinentia pigmenti
CHILD
Albright’s
Goltz
Oro-facial digital syndrome
Bazex
MIDAS (microphthalmia, dermal aplasia, and sclerocornea)
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember diseases or medication exposures associated with Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa (EPS) with the following mnemonic:
MAD PORES
Marfan
Acrogeria
Down’s
Penicillamine
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Rothmund-Thomson
Ehlers-Danlos
Scleroderma
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On this Mnemonic Monday, we challenge you to remember major causes of drug-induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) with the following mnemonic:
SANA
Sulfonamides
Anticonvulsants
NSAIDs
Allopurinol
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Study More!
Need a refresher on Stevens-Johnson Syndrome? Check out the following pages of your 2019 Derm In-Review Study Guide:
Stevens-Johnso …