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Chapter 12: hair, skin, nails Flashcards

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Cherry angiomas

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red dots on skin that appear in all adults older then 30

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Mongolian spot

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common variation of hyperpigmention in black, Asian, American indian, and Hispanic newborns

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café au lait spot

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large round or oval patch of light brown pigmentation, present at birth (amy adams arm)

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acrocyanosis

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infant having blueish color around lips, hands, feet, toenails

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cutis marmorata

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infant transient mottling in the trunk and extremitis in response to cooler room temperatures

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Erythema toxicum

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common rash that occurs within first 3-4 days of life. “flea bite rash”

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carotenemia

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yellow orange color on skin but not in sclera or mucas membranes, comes from eating too many carrots

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milia

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tiny white papils on checks or forehead of infant (don’t pop or pick)

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storkbite

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infant: flat irregular shaped red or pink patch on face. fades within first year

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infant hair

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fine downy, could lose hair after first week but will grow back

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seborrheic dermatitis

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cradle cap, dry crusted scalp of infant

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striae

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stretch marks in pregnant women

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linea nigra

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dark brownish line down midline of pregnant women

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chaloasma

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irregular brown patch of hyperpigmentation on face in pregnant women

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senile lentigines

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“liver spots” in aging adults small, flat, brown, modules

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keratoses

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lesions that are raised and thickened of pigmentation, look crusty,scaley or warty in aging adult

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actinic keratosis

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red-tan lesions that increase over the years, directly related to sun exposure

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xerosis

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dry skin

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acrochordons

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“skin tags” overgrowths of skin that form a stalk and are polyp-like. occurs in aging adults

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sebaceous hyperplasia

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raised yellow papules with a central depression. aging adult

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vitiligo

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patchy depigmentation from destruction of melanocytes, milky white spots

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polycythemia

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(increased red blood cells) ruddy blue in face, oral mucosa, conjunctiva, hands and feet

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addisons disease

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increased melanin production, bronzed appearance

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annular

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circular, begins in center and spreads outward

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confluent

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the lesions run together

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discrete

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distinct , individual lesions that remain seperate

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gyrate

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twisted, colied, spiral, snake like

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grouped

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clusters of lesions

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linear

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scratch, streak, line

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target (also know as “iris”)

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concentric rings of color in the lesions

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zosteriform

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linear arrangement along a unilateral nerve route

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polcyclic

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annual lesions that grow together

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purpura

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bruised looking spots, little old lady hands, always looks bruised

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melanomas

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asymmetric, irregular borders, change color, diameter, or elevation

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hair assesment

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hair color, (grey is genetic), texture (curly, fine, straight?)

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hirsutism

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body hair

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nail assessment

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look for clubbing (supposed to have diamond shape when nails pressed together), color is appropriate for ethnicity, nail is smooth

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verticle ridges in nails

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associated with aging, kidney disease, and iron deficiency and anemia

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beau’s line

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caused by server interruption of nail growth, depression across nail that extends down the nail bed

40
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pitting with psoriasis

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crumbling of nails with distal detachment

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spoon shaped nail

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caused by iron deficiency anemia

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onycholysis

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fungal infection of toenail and finger nails, change in color of nail

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