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What is a primary dermatologic lesion?

A

A lesion present at birth or the result of disease, allergic reaction, or environmental agents

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Name four primary dermatologic lesions

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macule, patch, papule, plaque, vesicle, bulla, nodule, wheal, pustule

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What do you call a flat lesion that is perceptible only as an area of color different from the surrounding skin

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macule

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what do you call a solid, elevated lesion that is less than .5 cm in size

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papule

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what do you call a lesion that looks like a macule but is larger than 0.5 cm

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patch

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what do you call a solid, plateau-like elevation that has a large surface area in comparison with its height above skin level and a diameter larger than 0.5 cm

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plaque

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what do you call a fluid filled cavity or elevation smaller than 0.5 cm

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vesicle

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what do you call a fluid filled cavity or elevation larger than 0.5 cm

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bulla

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what do you call a sound, round or ellipsoidal, palpable lesion with a diameter larger than 0.5 cm

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nodule

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what do you call swelling of the skin that is characteristically evanescent and disappears within hours? What are two other names for this lesion?

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wheal, hives, or urticaria

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what do you call an encapsulated sac lined with true epithelium that contains fluid or semisolid material (cells and cell products)

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cyst

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what is a secondary dermatolic lesion

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changes in the skin as a result of primary skin lesions

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what are four examples of secondary lesions

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scale, crust, erosion, fissure, ulceration, excoriation, and lichenification

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what do you call a defect in which the dermis and at least the papillary (upper) dermis have been destroyed?

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ulcer

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what do you call a flat plate or flake arising from the outermost layer of stratum corneum?

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scale (desquamation)

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what do you call hardened deposits on the skin that result from dried serum, blood, or purulent exudate?

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crust

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what color is crust from dried serous secretions?

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yellow-brown

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what color is crust from purulent secretions?

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turbid yellowish-green

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what color is crust from hemorrhagic secretions?

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reddish-black

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what should you think if you see a honey crusted lesion

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impetigo

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what do you call a moist, circumscribed lesion that results from loss of some or all of the viable epidermal or mucosal epithelium

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erosion

22
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what do you call surface excavations of epidermis as a result of scratching

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excoriation

23
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what do you call proliferation of fibrous tissue that replace previously normal tissue after a wound breaches the reticular dermis

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scar

24
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what do you call reactive thickening of the skin with accentuated markings (resembles tree bark)

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lichenification

25
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what is glossy, almost transparent, paper thin and wrinkled skin that may not retain normal skin lines

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atrophic

26
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what is formed when several furuncles coalesce

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carbuncle

27
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what do you call an inflamed follicle-centered nodule with a central necrotic plug and an overlying pustule

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furuncle

28
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what do you call localized accumulation of purulent material that is soo deep in the dermis that the pus is usually not visible on the surface of the skin

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abscess

29
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what skin lesion presents as pink, erythematous, warm, tender, fluctuant nodule? What population is this lesion common in?

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abscess; addicts

30
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what do you call a wavy, threadlike tunnel through the outer portion of the epidermis that is excavated by a parasite? What is a common cause of this lesion?

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burrow; scabies

31
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what do you call redness due to vascular dilatation

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erythema

32
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what do you call redness due to extravasated erythrocytes or erythrocyte products

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purpura

33
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how do you differentiate between erythema and purpura

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erythema blanches, purpura doesn’t

34
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what do you call purpura that are less than 1 cm in diameter

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petechiae

35
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what do you call bright, non-pulsatile red lines or net-like patterns on the skin (persistent dilatations of small capillaries in the superficial dermis)

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telangiectasia

36
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what do you call a hair follicle infundibulum that is dilated and plugged by keratin and lipids

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comedone

37
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what do you call a hyperkeratotic conical mass of cornified cells arising over an abnormally differentiating epidermis

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horn

38
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what do you call hard, whitish nodules or plaques in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue

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calcinosis

39
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what do you call linear loss of continuity of the skin’s surface that reslults from excessive tension or decreased elasticity of the involved tissue

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fissure

40
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what do you call excessive accumulation of scale resulting in a yellowish thickening of the skin (usually on palms or soles)

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keratoderma

41
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what do you call linear depressions of the skin that result from changes in reticular collagen and are caused by rapid stretching of the skin

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striae

42
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what do you call a tract connecting deep suppurative cavities to each other or to the surface of the skin? What usually causes these?

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sinus; infection

43
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how do you describe a ringe shaped lesion with an edge that is raised, scaly, or of a different color

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annular

44
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how do you describe a coin shaped lesion with uniform morphology

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nummular

45
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how do you describe coalescing circles, rings, or incomplete rings

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polycyclic

46
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how do you describe arc-shaped lesions that are often incomplete formations of annular lesions

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arcuate

47
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how do you describe lesions with somewhat regularly spaced rings or partial rings with sparing of intervening skin

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reticular

48
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how do you describe a serpentine or snake-like lesion

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serpiginous

49
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how do you describe a target-like lesion with at least three distinctive zones? What is this common with?

A

targetoid; lyme disease

50
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how do you describe a lesion with two distinct colors interspersed in a wavy pattern

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whorled

Dermatology - Adult and Pediatric Medicine 1 (2 decks)

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