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Article-Undertaking an assessment of the skin using a holistic approach Flashcards

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Description of Macule

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Flat mark, a circumscribed area of colour change, brown, red, white, blue or tan with smooth surface eg. Flat mole, freckle, measles

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Description of Papule

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Elevated spot, palpable, firm, circumscribed lesion, generally less than 5mm in diameter. May be solitary or multiple and can be: acuminate (pointed), dome-shaped (rounded), filiform (thread-like), flat-topped, oval or round, pedunculated (with a stalk), sessile (without a stalk), umbilicated (with a central depression), verrucous (warty) eg. Acne, scabies, warts

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Description of Nodule

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Elevated, firm, circumscribed, palpable, large solid lesion greater than 5mm in diameter eg. Cysts, lipomas

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Description of Plaque

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Elevated, flat-topped, firm, rough, superficial papule greater than 2cm in diameter with well-defined or ill-defined borders eg. Psoriasis

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Description of Wheal

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Elevated, solid, transient, changing and irregular-shaped area of cutaneous oedema. Variable in diameter, pale pink or white eg. Urticaria

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Description of Vesicle

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Elevated, circumscribed, superficial fluid filled blister less than 5mm in diameter. They may be grouped eg. Eczema herpeticum

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Description of Bulla

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Vesicle (blister) greater than 5mm in diameter eg. Bullous pemphigoid

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Description of Pustule

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Vesicle filled with pus eg. Acne, folliculitis

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What is the term used for lesions that are all the same

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monomorphic eg. rash

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What is the term used for lesions that are different

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polymorphic eg. chicken pox

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Description of Scale

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Heaped-up keratinised cells, flaky exfoliation, irregular, thick or thin, dry or oily, variable size, silver, white or tan in colour

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Description of Crust

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Dried serum, blood or purulent exudate, slightly elevated and variable in size

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Description of Excoriation

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Loss of epidermis, linear area usually due to scratching

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Description of Lichenification

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Rough, thickened epidermis; accentuated skin markings caused by rubbing or scratching

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Description of Maceration

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Softened, soggy epidermis

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