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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
Epidermal thickening with accentuation of skin lines due to chronic irritation. Looks like elephant skin
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Induration
Dermal thickening. Skin feels hard and rough.
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Umbilicated
Looks like a donut hole. With a central indentation.
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Red
(Erythema). Increased blood to skin
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Orange
Hypercarotenemia
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Yellow
Jaundice, heavy metal poisoning, myxedema, uremia (urea in the blood)
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Green
In fingernails, suggests pseudomonas
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Violet
Darkening cutaneous hemorrhage, vasculitis
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Gray/blue
Cyanosis, metal deposits
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Black
Melanocytic lesions, infection, arterial insufficiency
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White
Tinnea, pityriasis alba, vitiligo
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Dermatographism
Urticaria after stroking skin.
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Diascopy
Pressure to indicate blanching (hemorrhagic lesions don't blanch, inflammatory lesions do)
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Darier's sign
Stroking lesions causes intense and sudden erythema and wheal formation
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Nikolsky's sign
Bullae formation and erosion following gentle traction pressure
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Auspitz' sign
Pinpoint bleeding after removal of plaques
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Koebner's phenomenon
Development of lesions within areas of trauma
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Wood's lamp
UV light for fungi
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Pruritis
Most common cause = dry skin
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open comedone
Black head
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Closed comedone
White head
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Acne vulgaris
Obstruction of pill sebaceous unit presenting with comedones, papules, pustules, inflamed nodules, superficial pus filled cysts and sometimes deep purulent sacs
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Rosacea
Chronic inflammatory disorder cx by facial flushing, telangiectasis, erythema, papules, pustules, possibly rhinophyma
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Bullous pemphigoid
Chronic, pruritic bullous eruptions. Causes: autoimmune, drug induced from furosemide, captopril, NSAIDs
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Dermatitis herpetiformis
Auto immune, chronic, recurring, intensely itchy, w symmetrical groups of inflamed vesicles, papules, hives Autoimmune, celiac dz
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Pemphigus vulgaris
Potentially fatal blistering disease. Rare Autoimmune
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Callouses and corns
Epidermal thickening from pressure or friction. Feet and toes
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Ichthyosis
Scaling and flaking of skin, range of types
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Keratosis pilaris
Keratinization disorder where horny plugs fill the openings of hair follicles
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Atopic dermatitis
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
Acute inflammation of skin caused by irritants or allegens. ICD: hands affected ACD: intensely pruritic
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Lichen simplex chronicus
Neurodermatitis. Chronic pruritis that causes an extreme scratch-itch-scratch cycle w/o demonstrable cause
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Nummular dermatitis
Inflammation of skin in coin-shaped pattern
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If see vesicles on elbow...
Look in oral cavity, look at gluteal fold, check back of head. Palpate abdomen. Dermatitis Herpetiformis
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Seborrheic dermatitis
Inflammation of skin in high density areas of sebaceous glands (scalp, eyebrows, eyelids, face)
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Stasis dermatitis
Persistent dermatitis of the lower legs, esp the ankle, secondary to chronic venous insufficiency
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Polymorphous light eruption
An idiopathic, recurrent photodermatitis that occurs after sun exposure. Burning, itching, erythema
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Aging
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
Precancerous neoplasm due to uv exposure. Chronic effect of sunlight. Rough, scaling macule, papule, plaque
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Psoriasis
Chronic, recurring inflammation of epidermis and dermis w increased epidermal proliferation resulting in scaling. Immune mediated
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Pityriasis rosea
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
Recurrent itching, inflammation with small, discrete angular papules that can coalesce. Uncommon. Hep c may play a role.
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Drug eruptions
Common. Immune mediated. | Causes: penicillin, sulfonamides, quinidine
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Erythema multiforme
Inflammatory rxn characterized by target lesions. Causes: drugs, infxns, immunization, autoimmune, malignancy, unknown
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Erythema nodosum
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:
linear erosion, usu caused by scratching

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