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4 Derm Vocab Flashcards

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Papule

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Elevated, palpable, less than10mm

Wart, mole

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Macule

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Flat, usu less than 10 mm, variable shape, non palpable color change.
Freckle, birthmark

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Plaque

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Elevated plateau-like lesion, greater than 10mm, superficial

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Nodule

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Firm papule, extends into dermis or sub Q tissue

Tumors: large nodules more than 10mm

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Vesicle

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Fluid-filled blister less than 10mm

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Bullae

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Vesicles larger than 10mm

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Pustule

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Elevated lesion containing pus

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Urticaria

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Wheals or hives. Transient elevated lesion due to located edema

Migratory, erythematous prurience plaques. Mostly involves release of histamine

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Scale

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Accumulation of epithelium, dry, whitish

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Crust

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Dried pus, blood or serous exudate on the surface usual due to broken pustules or vesicles

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Erosion

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Loss of epidermis.

Skinned knees. Rope burn.

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Ulcer

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Deeper erosions involving the dermis. Bleed and scar.

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Petechiae

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Small, nonblanchable, punctuate foci of hemorrhage

Hickey

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Purpura

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Large area or hemorrhage. May be palpable.

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Bruise

Ecchymosis

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Purpura by trauma

Purpura not necessarily by trauma

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Atrophy

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Paper thin, wrinkled, dry appearing skin (aging?)

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Scar

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Fibrous tissue replacement after injury

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Talengiectasia

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Dilated, superficial blood vessels

Drunken flush

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Annular

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Rings with central clearing

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Nummular

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Circular

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Target

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Rings with central duskiness

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Serpinginous

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Serpent-like. Fungal and parasitic infections.

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Reticulated

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Lacy pattern

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Verrucous

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Wart-like. Irregular surface. May be pendunculated or not

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Lichenification

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Epidermal thickening with accentuation of skin lines due to chronic irritation. Looks like elephant skin

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Induration

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Dermal thickening. Skin feels hard and rough.

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Umbilicated

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Looks like a donut hole. With a central indentation.

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Red

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(Erythema). Increased blood to skin

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Orange

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Hypercarotenemia

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Yellow

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Jaundice, heavy metal poisoning, myxedema, uremia (urea in the blood)

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Green

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In fingernails, suggests pseudomonas

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Violet

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Darkening cutaneous hemorrhage, vasculitis

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Gray/blue

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Cyanosis, metal deposits

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Black

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Melanocytic lesions, infection, arterial insufficiency

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White

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Tinnea, pityriasis alba, vitiligo

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Dermatographism

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Urticaria after stroking skin.

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Diascopy

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Pressure to indicate blanching (hemorrhagic lesions don’t blanch, inflammatory lesions do)

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Darier’s sign

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Stroking lesions causes intense and sudden erythema and wheal formation

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Nikolsky’s sign

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Bullae formation and erosion following gentle traction pressure

39
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Auspitz’ sign

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Pinpoint bleeding after removal of plaques

40
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Koebner’s phenomenon

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Development of lesions within areas of trauma

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Wood’s lamp

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UV light for fungi

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Pruritis

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Most common cause = dry skin

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open comedone

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Black head

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Closed comedone

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White head

45
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Acne vulgaris

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Obstruction of pill sebaceous unit presenting with comedones, papules, pustules, inflamed nodules, superficial pus filled cysts and sometimes deep purulent sacs

46
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Rosacea

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Chronic inflammatory disorder cx by facial flushing, telangiectasis, erythema, papules, pustules, possibly rhinophyma

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Bullous pemphigoid

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Chronic, pruritic bullous eruptions.

Causes: autoimmune, drug induced from furosemide, captopril, NSAIDs

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Dermatitis herpetiformis

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Auto immune, chronic, recurring, intensely itchy, w symmetrical groups of inflamed vesicles, papules, hives

Autoimmune, celiac dz

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Pemphigus vulgaris

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Potentially fatal blistering disease. Rare

Autoimmune

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Callouses and corns

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Epidermal thickening from pressure or friction. Feet and toes

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Ichthyosis

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Scaling and flaking of skin, range of types

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Keratosis pilaris

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Keratinization disorder where horny plugs fill the openings of hair follicles

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Atopic dermatitis

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Immune mediated skin inflammation, with genetic component

Cause: genetics, food and envl allergies. Aggravated by dry skin, wool, sweating, allergens, tight clothing, emotional stress, nutritional deficiency, SIBO

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Contact dermatitis

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Acute inflammation of skin caused by irritants or allegens.

ICD: hands affected
ACD: intensely pruritic

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Lichen simplex chronicus

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Neurodermatitis. Chronic pruritis that causes an extreme scratch-itch-scratch cycle w/o demonstrable cause

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Nummular dermatitis

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Inflammation of skin in coin-shaped pattern

57
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If see vesicles on elbow…

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Look in oral cavity, look at gluteal fold, check back of head. Palpate abdomen.
Dermatitis Herpetiformis

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Seborrheic dermatitis

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Inflammation of skin in high density areas of sebaceous glands (scalp, eyebrows, eyelids, face)

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Stasis dermatitis

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Persistent dermatitis of the lower legs, esp the ankle, secondary to chronic venous insufficiency

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Polymorphous light eruption

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An idiopathic, recurrent photodermatitis that occurs after sun exposure.
Burning, itching, erythema

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Aging

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Chronic effect of sunlight. Produces fine and coarse wrinkles, rough leathery texture, mottled hyperpigmentation, telangiectasia
Places exposed to sun

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Actinic keratosis

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Precancerous neoplasm due to uv exposure. Chronic effect of sunlight. Rough, scaling macule, papule, plaque

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Psoriasis

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Chronic, recurring inflammation of epidermis and dermis w increased epidermal proliferation resulting in scaling. Immune mediated

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Pityriasis rosea

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Acute, self-limited, mild inflammatory, scaling skin disease. Rxn of HHV 7, or primary infxn with HHV-6, 8 or H1N1 flu

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Lichen planus

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Recurrent itching, inflammation with small, discrete angular papules that can coalesce. Uncommon. Hep c may play a role.

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Drug eruptions

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Common. Immune mediated.

Causes: penicillin, sulfonamides, quinidine

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Erythema multiforme

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Inflammatory rxn characterized by target lesions. Causes: drugs, infxns, immunization, autoimmune, malignancy, unknown

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Erythema nodosum

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Inflammation of skin and subQ tissue (panniculitis) characterized by tender, red nodules on the shins
Causes: infxns, drugs, malignancy, inflammatory/granulomatous dz

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Excoriation:

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linear erosion, usu caused by scratching

CPD Vocab (9 decks)

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