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33 Cards in this Set
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Pruritus |
Itching |
Sign of most skin and ear problems |
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Papule |
Small solid elevation of the <1cm |
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Pustule |
Small, circumscribed elevation containing purulent material |
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Fistula |
Sinus tract or abnormal passage from an abcess (initial eruption caused by underlying diseases) |
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Macule |
A circumscribed, non palpable change in colour of skin <1cm |
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Patch |
Macule which is >1cm |
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Wheal |
(Urtcaria) sharply circumscribed odema. No change in skin/hair |
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Angiodema |
A huge wheal (distensible region) |
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Pyotraumatic dermatitis |
"Hotspot" superficial, inflammatory process caused by trauma (acute moist dermatitis) |
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Plaque |
A soild elevation of skin with a flattened top >1cm |
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Cyst |
Epithelium lined cavity with solid material or fluid. Usually smooth and well circumscribed, sebaceous or cellular debris |
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Nodule |
Circumscribed, solid elevation >1cm |
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Nevus |
Circumscribed, developmental defect in the skin |
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Vesicle |
Small, sharply circumscribed elevation of skin filled with clear fuild |
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Bulla |
A large vesicle >1cm |
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Haem bulla |
Blood filled bulla |
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Pyoderma |
Skin infection |
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Epidermal collarettes |
Circular rim of loose keratin flakes - remenents of a vesicle/bulla/pustule/papule |
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Erythema |
Red inflamed skin |
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Scale/scaling |
Loose fragments of the striatum corneum |
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Seborrhea sicca |
Dry scale and dull hair coat |
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Scar |
Fibrous tissue (replaced damaged dermis) alopecic, +/- pigment |
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Follicular cast |
Keratin accumulations on hair shaft above the follicular ostia |
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Fissue |
Linear cleavage into the epidermis/dermis |
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Alopecia |
Hair loss |
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Hypoyltrichosis |
Thinning of the hair |
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Hyperpigmentation |
Increase pigment of skin (can be due to chronic inflation ) |
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Callus |
Thick, roughened, lichenfied plaque |
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Lichenification |
Thickened skin |
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Furunculosis |
Inflammation secondary to rupture of hair follcie (pyogranulomatous) |
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Comedomes |
Dilated hair follicle with debris (blackheads) |
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Excoriation |
Superficial lessions/ ulcers due to self trauma (possible liner pattern) |
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Intertrigo |
Surface inflammation caused by friction In skin folds |
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