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35 Cards in this Set
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Round/oval
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Solid appearance-no central clearing
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Annular
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Round with central clearing
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Iris
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Pink macule with purple concentric ring
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Gyrate
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Snakelike appearance
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Singular/discrete
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Single lesion-demarcated lesions that remain separate (insect bite)
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Grouped/clustered
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bunch together in little groups (herpes simplex, impetigo)
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Polycyclic
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Annular lesions that come in contact with one another as the spread
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confluent
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Lesions that merge and run together over large areas
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Linear
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for a line
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Zosteriform
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follow a nerve (herpes zoster)
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Generalized
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scattered all over the body
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Macule
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Flat, circumscribed area that is a change in the color of the skin; <1 cm (Freckle, nevi (mole)m petechiae, measles, scarlet fever
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Papule
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elevated, firm, circumscribed are < 1 cm diameter. (Wart, moles, lichen planus, cherry angioma, skin tag)
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Patch
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Flat, nonpalpable, irregular shaped macule > 1 cm (Vitiligo, mongolion spots, cafe-au-lait spots
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Plaque
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Elevated, firm, rough with flat top < 1 cm. (psoriasis, seborrehic and actinic keratoses, eczema)
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Wheal
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elevated, irregular shaped area of cutaneous edems, solid, transient, variable diamete (insect bite, uticaria, allergic rx, lupus)
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Nodule
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elevated, firm, circumscribed. 1-2 cm diam. (Dermatofibroma, lipomas, melanoma,
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Tumor
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elevated and solid. < 2 cm (Neoplams, lipoma, hemangioma)
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Vesicle
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elevated, circum, superfical, filled with serous fluid < 1cm
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Bulla
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vesicle > 1 cm (Blister)
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Cyst
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elevated, circum encapsulated, filled with liquid or semisolid material
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Scale
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heaped-up cells, flakey skin, irregular, dry. (flaking of skin following scarlet fever, drug rx, eczema,
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Lichenioication
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Rough, thick, secondary to rubbing, itching or irritation (Chronic dermatitis)
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Keloid
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irregular, elev., enlarging scar
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Scar
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This thick tissue that replaces normal skin folloing injury
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Excoriation
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loss of epidermis (abrasion or scratch)
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Fissure
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linear crack or break (athlete's foot)
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Crust
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scab
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Erosion
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loss of part of the epidermis (Varicella)
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Ulcer
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loss of epidermis and dermis (Pressure ulcer, syphilis)
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Atrophy
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thinning of the skin (striae-stretch marks)
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Petechiae
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tiny, flat, reddish purple, nonblanchable spots < 0.5cm
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Pupura
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Flat, reddish, nonblanchable, discoloration > 0.5 cm (Infect or bleeding disorders)
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Ecchymosis
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Bruise- trauma to bld vessel
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Angioma
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benign tumor-mass of sm. bld. vessels-vary in size
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