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26 Cards in this Set
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Results from a disease process. Has not been altered by outside manipulation, treatment, natural course of disease - ex: Vesicle
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primary lesion
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lesion altered by outside manipulation, treatment, natural course of disease -ex crust
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secondary lesion
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Primary skin lesions which are
<1cm, flat, non palpable discoloration |
macule - i.e. freckle
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Primary skin lesions which are
<1cm, solid elevation |
papule - raised nevus
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Primary skin lesions which are
<1cm, fluid filled |
vesicle, i.e. varicella or herpetic lesion
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Primary skin lesions which are
<1cm, vesicle-like lesion with purulent content |
pustule - ex. impetigo
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Primary skin lesions which are
>1cm, flat non palpable area of skin discoloration, larger than macule |
patch - ex: vitiligo
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Primary skin lesions which are
>1cm, raised lesion, same or different color from surrounding skin, can result from a coalescence of papules |
Plaque - ex: Psoriasis
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Primary skin lesions which are
>1cm, fluid filled |
Bulla - ex: 2nd degree burn or necrotizing fascititis
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Primary skin lesion which can be any size, raised encapsulated fluid filled lesion (ball of fluid)
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Cyst -
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Primary skin lesion which can be any size, circumscribed area of skin edema
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Wheal - ex: hives
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Primary skin lesion which can be any size, flat red-purple discoloration caused by RBC lodged in the skin
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Purpura - ex: thrombocytopenia
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Secondary lesion, Any size,
usually linear, raised, often covered with crust |
Excoriation - ex: scratch marks over a pruritic primary lesion
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Secondary Lesions, any size,
raised lesion produced by dried serum and blood remnants |
Crust - ex: scab
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Secondary Lesions, any size, skin thickening usually found over pruritic or friction areas
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Lichenification - ex: callus
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Secondary lesion, any size, raised superficial lesion that flake with ease
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Scales - ex: dandruff
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Secondary lesion, >1cm, loss of epidermis
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Erosion - ex: area beneath a bulla or vesicle
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Secondary lesion, >1cm, loss of epidermis and dermis
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Ulcer - ex: arterial ulcer, or syphilitic chancre
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Secondary lesion, >1cm, narrow linear crack into epidermis, exposing dermis:
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fissure - ex: athletes foot
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distribution of lesions: in a ring
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annular - ex: lyme disease (erythema migraines)
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distribution of lesions: generalized over body without a specific pattern of distributions
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Scattered - Ex: rubella
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distribution of lesions: multiple lesions blending together
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Confluent or coalescent
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distribution of lesions: occurring in a group without pattern
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clustered -
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distribution of lesions: in streaks
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Linear - ex: contact dermatitis
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distribution of lesions: appear in net-like clusters
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Reticular - ex: 5ths Disease (lacy rash)slapped cheek appearance
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distribution of lesions: limited to boundaries of a single or multiple dermatomes
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dermatomal or zosteriform -ex: Shingles
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