Derm Vocab

Question 0

Eruption

Answer 0

rash, widespread skin involvement

Question 1

Lesion

Answer 1

Describes an area of disease, usually small “that thing”

Question 2

Erythema

Answer 2

Redness, vascular dilation

Question 3

induration

Answer 3

firm, hard mass

Question 4

primary lesions

Answer 4

first to appear, due to disease or abnormal state

Question 5

list primary lesions

Answer 5

Macule, Papule, Nodule, Vesicle, Cyst, Pustule, Bulla, Patch, Plaque, Wheal

Question 6

macule

Answer 6

flat, not palpable

Question 7

macule size

Answer 7

< 2 cm

Question 8

patch

Answer 8

like a macule, but with some surface texture change

Question 9

papule

Answer 9

raised, little, palpable bump

Question 10

papule size

Answer 10

<= 0.5cm

Question 11

nodule

Answer 11

like a big papule, can be deep or superficial

Question 12

vesicle

Answer 12

a tiny blister

Question 13

a vesicle filled with pus

Answer 13

vesico-pustule or just pustule

Question 14

a vesicle filled with blood

Answer 14

hemorrhagic vesicle

Question 15

bulla

Answer 15

big ass blister, plural bulli?

Question 16

plaque

Answer 16

plateau-like, larger than 2 cm, not super deep

Question 17

cyst

Answer 17

a nodule filled with liquid or semi-solid

Question 18

wheal

Answer 18

transitory, compressible papule or plaque of dermal edema. sharp, non-stable borders, can move about, common allergic reaction, spongiform,

Question 19

list secondary lesions

Answer 19

Crust, Scale, Ulcer, Lichenification, Induration, Erosion, Fissure, Excoriation, Atrophy, Scar

Question 20

crust

Answer 20

dried serum, blood, or pus on surface of skin (scab)

Question 21

scale

Answer 21

accumulation or abnormal shedding of stratum corneum in perceptible flakes

Question 22

lichenification

Answer 22

chronic thickening of skin along with increased skin markings, results from scratching or rubbing

Question 23

ulcer

Answer 23

circumscribed area of skin loss extending through epidermis and at least part of the dermis

Question 24

induration

Answer 24

hardening, think area around folliculitis

Question 25

fissures

Answer 25

cracks

Question 26

erosion

Answer 26

rubbed off

Question 27

excoriation

Answer 27

scratched off

Question 28

list lesion configurations

Answer 28

linear, grouped or clustered, annular or circular or target, geographic, dermatomal

Question 29

types of distribution of skin lesions

Answer 29

regional, areas of exposure, anatomic or generalized or central

Question 30

Purpura

Answer 30

Non blanchable erythema, extravasated bloody juices

Question 31

Melanoma red flags

Answer 31

Asymmetrical
uneven Borders
Color mixed
large Diameter
Evolving