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42 Cards in this Set
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Macules/Patches |
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Macule |
Primary Skin Lesion - Circumscrimbed, flat discoloration, up to 1cm in diameter - e.g., freckle |
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Patch |
Primary Skin Lesion - Circumscribed, flat discoloration, greater than 1cm - Caféau lait(birthmark) |
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Papule |
Primary skin lesion - elevated skin lesion up to 1 cm in diameter |
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Plaque |
Primary skin lesion - elevated superficial lesion greater than 1cm in diameter, formed by a confluence of papules |
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Nodule |
Primary skin lesion - elevated, solid lesion more than 1cm in diameter, deeper in dermis |
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Papules/Plaques - Papule: elevated skin lesion up to 1 cm - Plaque: elevated superficial lesion > 1cm |
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Nodule - elevated, solid lesion more than 1cm indiameter, deeper in dermis |
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Vesicle |
Primary Skin Lesion - fluid-filled blister, usually less than 1cm - e.g., herpes, chicken pox |
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Bulla(e) |
Primary skin lesion - large fluid-filled blister, greater than 1 cm - e.g., bullous impetigo, diabetic bullae |
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Pustule |
Primary skin lesion - pus-filled vesicle - e.g., pimple |
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Herpetiform Lesion |
Primary skin lesion - group papules or vesicles that resemble herpes |
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Pustules - Primary skin lesion - pus-filled vesicle |
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Vesicles - Primary Skin Lesion - fluid-filled blister, usually less than 1cm |
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Bullae - Primary skin lesion - large fluid-filled blister, greater than 1 cm |
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Herpetiform Vesicles - Primary skin lesion - group papules or vesicles that resemble herpes |
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Cyst |
Primary skin lesion - elevated circumscribed, encapsulated lesion in dermis or subcutaneous layer filled with liquid of semisolid material |
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Tumor |
Primary skin lesion - Elevated, solid lesion may be clearly demarcated; deeper in demis, greater than 2cm in diameter |
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sebaceous cyst |
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Lipoma |
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Scale |
Secondary skin lesion - dead epidermal cells, white flakes of skin |
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Crust |
secondary skin lesion - collection of dried serum or cellular debris |
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Lichenification |
Secondary skin lesion - area of thickened epidermis induced by scratching, rubbing |
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Lichenification and scale |
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Erosion |
Secondary skin lesion - focal loss of epidermis, does not penetrate below dermal-epidermal junction |
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Ulcer |
Secondary skin lesion - Focal loss of epidermis and dermis - e.g., bed sores from ischemia |
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fissure |
secondary skin lesion - linear ulcer, a "crack" |
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Erosion - secondary skin lesion - focal loss of epidermis, does not penetrate below dermal-epidermal junction |
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Ulcer - secondary skin lesion - focal loss of epidermis and dermis |
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fissure - secondary skin lesion - linear ulcer, a "crack" |
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Excoriation |
secondary skin lesion - erosion caused by scratching, usually linear or circular |
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Comedone |
secondary skin lesion - a plug in a follicular orifice: - e.g., blackhead (open comedone) - e.g., whitehead (closed comedone) |
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excoriation - secondary skin lesion - erosion caused by scratching, usually linear of circular |
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Telangectasia |
Special skin lesion - dilated superficial blood vessels that blanch when pressure is applied to the area |
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Petechiae |
special skin lesion - non-blanchable circumscribed deposit of blood 1cm or less in diameter |
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Purpura |
Special skin lesions - non-blanchable circumscribed deposit of blood greater than 1cm in diameter |
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Petechiae and Purpura Petechiae - non-blanchable circumscribed deposit of blood 1cm or less in diameter Purpura Special skin lesions - non-blanchable circumscribed deposit of blood greater than 1cm in diameter |
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Telangiectasia - Special skin lesion - dilated superficial blood vessels that blanchwhen pressure is applied to the area |
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Abscess - collection of pus surrounded by inflammation |
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Wheal - Hive, welt - Raised, well-circumscribed lesion, often with surrounding skin pale or more red than the middle. |
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Verrucous Lesion - wart-like |
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Atrophy - thinning of skin surface and loss of markings |
