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42 Cards in this Set
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dew drop on a rose petal
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chickenpox; vessicate itch over 4 days, ruptures, dry out, crusts, slughs out 9-14 days later
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Macule
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flat (not raised); change in color; can be hypo/hyper pigmented; can be erythematous or vascular appearance
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vitiligo
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absence or los of pigmentation may be congenital or acquired
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halo nevi
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immune response destroys melanocytes in a halo around a hyperpigmented area; can progress to a white patch; can progress to vitiligo
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pytyriasis alba
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fine scaly appearance; alba refers to the whiteness
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discoid lupus
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discoid = resembling a disc;
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cutis marmorata
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rewarming usually restores skin to its normal appearance; skin ha sa pinkish blue mottled or marbled appearance
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nevus
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circumscribed change in skin due to localized reduction i nperfusion rather than depigmentation
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caffe au laite spots
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coffee colored spots; neurofibromatosis
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melanocytic nevus
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moles; minor malformation or hamartoma; may be a hgiher risk fo rmelanoma
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lentigo
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lens-shaped (sharply circumscribed); often on hands
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pt w vascular dz + post inflammatory hyperpigmentation
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acquired hyperpigmented macule
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traumatic tattoo
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insoluble foreign material embedded in injured skin; road rash or tattoo
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erythrasma
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infectious erythematous macule; often chronic superficial cornebacterium infection
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morbiliform
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rashes resembling measles; such rashes are common, but measles are rare; 90% are related to a drug (Acetominophen, asprin, antibiotic)
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bullae
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blisters
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bullous
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blistering
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leukocytoclastic vasculitis
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non-blancing vasculitic rash
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dermatitic
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inflammtaory skin changes evidenced by redness, scaling or crusting
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pityriasis
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fine scaly surface
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rosea
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rosy pink color
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lichen
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aggregate pattern of lichen growing on rocks
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plannus
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flattened surface
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exfoliative
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flaking
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utricaria
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hives; localized wheals throughout body
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erythema migrans
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lyme disease; bullseye
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erosion
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moist, circumscribed, depressed lesion that results from loss of part or all of the epidermal or mucosal epithelium.
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ulcer
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A defect in which the epidermis and at least the upper dermis has been lost.
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atrophy
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refers to atrophy of one or all layers of skin which includes the epidermis, the dermis and the subcutaneous fat.
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seborrheic keratosis
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often in sunlight exposed areas; mc benign tumor in elderly
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mc skin cancer
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basal cell carcinoma
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main mediator of pruritus
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histamine
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main mediator of CNS/neurogenic pruritus
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opiod peptides
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Which fibers transmit pruiritis
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C-fibers and delta neuron terminals; considered a separate sensory modality from pain
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DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS:
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small erosions or vesicles on elbows and upper back
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dermatographia
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skin stroking w finger to elicit redness, itching or wheal formation
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xerosis
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dry scaly skin
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eczema; scratching breaks skin, gets exofliated; scab formation
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scabies
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inflammatory change; mc in hands and feet;
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pityriasis rosea; smal patches w one big one; long axis of skin lesion is parallel to skin lines = pityriasis rosea
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contact dermatitis; react to oil on plants; develop vesicles
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