Dermatology Examination

Question 1

what 3 things should be assessed in a skin exam?

Answer 1

distribution
configuration
morphology

Question 2

apart from skin, what else should be examined?

Answer 2

nails
mouth
hair
joints

Question 3

5 things to asses..

Answer 3

Colour
Size
Raised/Flat
Border features
Surface features

Question 4

what is a change in the colouring of the skin called?

Answer 4

hyper or hypopigmentation

Question 5

what is a macule?

Answer 5

flat lesion <1cm

Question 6

what is a patch?

Answer 6

flat lesion >1cm

Question 7

what is a papule?

Answer 7

raised lesion <0.5cm

Question 8

what is a nodule?

Answer 8

raised lesion >0.5cm

Question 9

what is a maculopapular rash?

Answer 9

has flat and elevated components

Question 10

what is a plaque?

Answer 10

raised edges and flat surface, >1cm

Question 11

what is a wheal?

Answer 11

compressible dermal oedema

Question 12

what is a vesicle?

Answer 12

fluid filled lesion <0.5cm

Question 13

what is a bulla?

Answer 13

fluid filled lesion >0.5cm

Question 14

what is a cyst?

Answer 14

nodule containing semi solid material

Question 15

what is a pustule?

Answer 15

pus filled lesion

Question 16

what is a blister?

Answer 16

fluid within the upper layers of the skin

Question 17

what is crust?

Answer 17

dried exudate

Question 18

what is lichenification?

Answer 18

thickening of skin with increased skin markings

Question 19

what is excoration?

Answer 19

scratch marks

Question 20

what are fissures?

Answer 20

linear split in epidermis

Question 21

what is atrophy?

Answer 21

loss of epidermis/dermis, with the surface of the lesion remaining intact

Question 22

what are erosions?

Answer 22

superficial break in epidermis

Question 23

what is an ulcer?

Answer 23

deeper break into the dermis

Question 24

what is telangiectasia?

Answer 24

visible superficial blood vessels