Color Flashcards
1
Q
Erythema
A
Red skin resulting from inflammation or infectious disease.
2
Q
Hypercarotenemia
A
Orange skin after excess dietary ingestion of beta=-carotene.
3
Q
Yellow Skin
A
Jaundice, xanthelasmas, xanthomas, psyedoxanthoma elasticum.
4
Q
Green Fingernails
A
Pseudomonas infection.
5
Q
Violet Skin
A
Cutaneous hemorrhage or vasculitis.
6
Q
Dermatomyositis
A
Lilac color of the eyelids or heliotrope eruption.
7
Q
Blue/Silver/Gray Skin
A
Deposition of drugs or metals into the skin.
8
Q
Black Eschars
A
Collections of dead skin that arise from infarction due to infection.
