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20 Cards in this Set
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Macule
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smaller than < 1 cm
flat, encircled non palpable change in skin color example: freckle |
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Patch
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greater than > 1cm
flat, encircled non palpable change in skin color example: Vitilago |
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papule
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SMALLER THAN < 0.5 CM
PALPABLE SOLID ELEVATED MASS EXAMPLE : MOLE |
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PLAQUE
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greater than >0.5cm
PALPABLE SOLID ELEVATED MASS Example: compacted papules |
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Nodule
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0.5CM - 2CM
PALPABLE SOLID ELEVATED MASS EXAMPLE: NEVUS ( WART ) |
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TUMOR
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greater than > 2 cm
PALPABLE SOLID ELEVATED MASS Example: lipoma- fatty tissue benign tumor |
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WHEAL
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palpable solid elevated mass; irregular superficial area with local skin edema
example: hives , mosquito bite |
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Vesicle
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smaller than <0.5 cm
filled with serous fluid example: herpes simplex - cold sore |
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bulla
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larger than > 0.5 cm
filled with serous fluid example: 2nd degree burn |
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pustule
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filled with pus
examples: Ance , impetigo |
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erosion
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loss of supericial epidermis, moist nonbleeding surface
example: moist area after rupture of vesicle as in chickenpox herpes varicella |
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ulcer
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loss of epidermis and dermis may bleed and scar
example statis ulcer |
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fissure
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deep linear crack , extending into dermis
example athlete's foot |
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Lichenification
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thickened and roughened epidermis , with increased visibility of skin furrows
example atrophic dermatitis |
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atrophy
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THINNING OF THE SKIN, LOSS OF SKIN FURROWS, SHINY APPEARANCE, striae - stretch mark
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excoriation
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scratch of the epidermis
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scar
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fibrous tissue replaces tissue in the dermis or subcutaneous layer
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keloid
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hypertrophied scar
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crust
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dried residue of serum ,pus , or blood
example impetigo - bacterial infection |
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scale
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thin flake of exfoliated dermis
example dandruff , dry skin |
