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HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Keloid/hypertrophic scars - correct answer -secondary to trauma,
harmless
Acrochordon - correct answer -Small outgrowth of epidermal and
dermal tissue; skin tags
Actinic keratosis - correct answer -a precancerous skin condition
of horny tissue formation that results from excessive exposure to
sunlight
BCC - correct answer -Basal cell carcinoma
SCC - correct answer -squamous cell carcinoma
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MALIGNANT MELANOMA - correct answer -Most serious form of
skin cancer; often characterized by black or dark brown patches
on the skin that may appear uneven in texture, jagged, or
raised.(ABCDE)
ALBINISM - correct answer -Autosomal Recessive , a hereditary
condition characterized by a partial or total lack of melanin
pigment (particularly in the eyes, skin, and hair)
Vitiligo - correct answer -Benign acquired disease of unknown
origin, consisting of irregular patches of various sizes lacking in
pigment. Milk-white patches.
Melasma (chloasma) - correct answer -hyperpigmentation,
asscociated with pregnacny. Mask of pregnancy, also seen in
ocp.
Hemangioma - correct answer -Benign tumor made up of newly
formed blood vessels.
HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Keloid/hypertrophic scars - correct answer -secondary to trauma,
harmless
Acrochordon - correct answer -Small outgrowth of epidermal and
dermal tissue; skin tags
Actinic keratosis - correct answer -a precancerous skin condition
of horny tissue formation that results from excessive exposure to
sunlight
BCC - correct answer -Basal cell carcinoma
SCC - correct answer -squamous cell carcinoma
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MALIGNANT MELANOMA - correct answer -Most serious form of
skin cancer; often characterized by black or dark brown patches
on the skin that may appear uneven in texture, jagged, or
raised.(ABCDE)
ALBINISM - correct answer -Autosomal Recessive , a hereditary
condition characterized by a partial or total lack of melanin
pigment (particularly in the eyes, skin, and hair)
Vitiligo - correct answer -Benign acquired disease of unknown
origin, consisting of irregular patches of various sizes lacking in
pigment. Milk-white patches.
Melasma (chloasma) - correct answer -hyperpigmentation,
asscociated with pregnacny. Mask of pregnancy, also seen in
ocp.
Hemangioma - correct answer -Benign tumor made up of newly
formed blood vessels.
