Dermatology Flashcards
Annular
ring-shaped
Gyrate
ring-spiral shape
Nummular/discoid
coin-like
Guttate
resembling drops
Serpiginous
snake-like
Herpetiform
resembling herpes
Reticular
Netlike
Targetoid
Resembling a bullseye
Verrucous
Wart-like
Flexural/Extensor
Flexural: occuring in flexor surfaces such as antecubital fossa and back of knee Extensor: occuring over the tip of the elbow or just below patella
Intertriginous
between skin folds
Palmoplantar
palms and soles of feet
Photodistributed
area of skin that has been exposed to sunlight
Zosteriform
resembling shingles/ herpes zoster
Periungal
around fingernail or toenail
PUSTULE
Papule with purulent or white fluid
(primary lesion)
CYST
>1cm
Nodule with purulent or white material
Has wall and lumen – solid or fluid material
(primary lesion)
MILIA
Small superficial keratin cyst with not visible opening
ex - little bumps around eyes
(primary lesion)
MACULE
NONPALPABLE, change in color
Only affect superficial horny layer of epidermis
(ex - freckle)
(primary lesion)
PATCH
>1cm
NONPALPABLE, large macule
(ex- vitiligo)
(primary lesion)
PAPULE
PALPABLE, SOLID raised bump, no fluid
affects deeper layers of skin
(Mole or wart)
(primary lesion)
NODULE
>1cm
Raised bump – larger and deeper papule
(ex- Lipoma)
(primary lesion)
PLAQUE
>1cm
Elevated area of confluent papules (bunch of papules converging) OR elevated plateau-like lesion
ex - psoriasis
(primary lesion)
WHEAL
Size Varied
Raised, edematous, fluid filled, evanescent (comes and goes) plaque – ITCHY!
ex - hives/uriticaria
(primary lesion)
WHEAL
ex - hives/uriticaria
(primary lesion)
Size Varied
Raised, edematous, fluid filled, evanescent (comes and goes) plaque – ITCHY!
VESICLE
Small, pinpoint blister filled with serous fluid
ex - cold sore/herpes
(primary lesion)
VESICLE
ex - cold sore/herpes
(primary lesion)
Small, pinpoint blister filled with serous fluid
BULLA
>1cm
Large vesicle
ex - blister
(primary lesion)
