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24 Cards in this Set
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What is a macule?
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flat lesion up to 1 cm
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What is a papule?
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elevated solid lesion smaller than .5cm
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What is a nodule?
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palpable lesion deeper than a papule greater than .5cm
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What is a patch?
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flat spot greater than 1 cm
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What is plaque?
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elevated superficial lesion large surface area greater than its height
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What is a pustules?
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raised lesion with pus
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What is a vesicles?
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up to 1 cm, sircumscribed superficial elevation of serous fluid
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What is a bulla?
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1cm+ with serous fluid
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What is a wheal?
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firm, edematous plaques, evansecent and pruritic
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What is an ulcer?
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hole in the skin, loss of epidermis and dermus, may bleed or scar
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What is a scar?
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Wherever a wound or ulcer has occurred reflects healing
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What is a scale?
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abnormal shedding or accumulation of stratum corneum into perceptible flakes
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What is a crust?
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collection of dried serum and cellular debris
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What is a fissure?
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linear crack in the skin
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What is an erosion?
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loss of epidermis, moist, but doesn't bleed
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What are comedones?
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folloculocentric collenction of sebum and keratin, black and whiteheads
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What is a burrow?
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elevated channelin the superficial epidermis
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What is a lichenification?
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focal area of thickening prodcue
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Which type of lesion blanches with pressure?
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telangiectasia
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Which types of lesions don't blanch with pressure?
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petechiae, purpura
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What does nummular mean?
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coin shaped
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what deos livedo mean?
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net like
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WHat is a target?
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dark,blistered center, pale surroundedby erythema
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What are the ABCDEs of melanoma?
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asymmetry, border irregularity, color varies, diameter >6mm, elevated
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