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Derminology Flashcards

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Primary Lesions

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A physical alteration of the skin considered to be caused directly by the disease process

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Macule lesions characteristics

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flat, less than .5 cm

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Patch (lesion) characteristics

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Flat, >0.5 cm

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Papule (lesion) characteristics

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Raised, domed or flat-top, less than .5 cm

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Pustule (lesion) characteristics

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Raised, domed, less than .5 cm

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Nodule (lesion) characteristics

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Raised, domed, >0.5 cm

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Plaque (lesion) characteristics

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Raised, flat-top, >0.5 cm

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Vesicle (lesion) characteristics

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Blister, less than .5 cm

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Bulla (lesion) characteristics

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Blister, >0.5 cm

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Erosion (lesion) characteristics

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  • Denudation (stripped of covering) of epidermis

- Non-scarring

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Ulcer (lesion) characteristics

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  • Denudation (stripped of covering) of dermis

- Scarring

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Wheal

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edematous (condition characterized by excess watery fluid collecting in cavities of body); transient plaque

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Secondary Features

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changes due to external factors, such as scratching, trauma, infection, or changes caused by healing

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Scale

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  • Thickening of the stratum corneum
  • Adherent
  • White, fine
  • Yellow, greasy
  • Hyperkeratotic
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Crust

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  • Dried endogenous material
  • Serous
  • Hemorrhagic
  • Honey-colored
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Excoriation

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Linear erosions from scratching

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Lichenification

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  • thickening of the skin with accentuation of skin markings

- occurs with CHRONIC scratching or rubbing

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Fissure

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Linear crack in the skin

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Petechiae

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  • Pinpoint red-brown macules due to intradermal hemorrhage

- Non-blanching

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Palpable Purpura

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  • Intradermal hemorrhagic papules and plaques

- Non-blanching

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Non-blanching

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Lesions do not fade with direct pressure

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Epidermal atrophy

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  • “Cigarette paper” wrinkling
  • Red brown color
  • Telangiectasias (visible blood vessels)
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Dermal atrophy

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  • Skin surface is depressed

- May or may not be associated with epidermal atrophy

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Off-white (hypopigmented)

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Decreased pigment

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White (depigmented)

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Complete loss of pigment

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Erythematous (red)

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Inflammation or vascular (blood vessels)

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Brown/black

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Melanin (pigment)

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Blue

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Melanin (pigment) deposited deeper in skin

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Yellow

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Sebaceous (oil gland) tissue or intracellular lipids

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Ovoid (shape)

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Oval

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Targetoid

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Resembles a bullseye

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Annular

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Round with central clearing

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Linear

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May occur due to external factors or with conditions that follow developmental skin lines

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Polycyclic

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Annular lines are coalescing

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Sharply circumscribed

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Sharp cutoff between normal and affected skin

-Suggests a more superficial process

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Diffuse (ill-defined)

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  • Edges are blurred

- Suggests a deeper process, such as inflammation of the fat (panniculitis)

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Scalloped

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  • When the blisters break, the edges are in close proximity and they leave behind a scalloped border
  • This is very helpful in making diagnosis of HSV infection
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Geometric

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  • Most rashes are round in shape

- Square eruptions or those that follow a pattern of an external object suggest contact dermatitis

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Serpiginous

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-Wavy, snake-like border

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Stellate

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  • Angulated edges

- May suggest process is due to scratching or a condition affecting the underlying vasculature

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Blaschkoid

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-Swirling patterns due to post zygotic mutation of melanocytes or keratinocytes

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Christmas tree

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Long axis of the plaques follows line from superior and medial to inferior and lateral, mimicking the branches of a Xmas tree

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Dermatomal (Zosteriform)

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  • Linear bands that start and end at the midline on the trunk
  • Reflect the nerve supply to the skin
  • Herpes zoster (shingles) is unilateral and occurs in a band-like configuration
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Koebnerized

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Koebnerization is a linear collection of lesions arising from external trauma
-Classically occurs in psoriasis

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Reticulate (Retiform)

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  • Net-like pattern

- It may reflect the underlying vascular supply to the skin

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Photodistribution

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Involves sun exposed skin

Spares behind the ears, under the chin and the anterior neck (shaded areas)

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Seborrheic Distribution

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  • Scalp
  • Brows
  • Glabella (b/t brows)
  • Alar creases (creases of the nose)
  • Chin
  • Postauricular sulcus (behind ears)
  • Sternal chest
  • Axillae
  • Groin
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Indurated

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Firm to palpation

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Fluctuant

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Compressible denoting underlying fluid or pus

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Burrow

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Wavy or linear track typical of scabies infection

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Impetiginized

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  • Presence of honey-colored crust

- Used to describe wounds secondarily infected with Staph

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Necrotic

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  • Black, adherent crust called eschar

- Suggests overlying tissue is dead

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Pedunculated

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Narrower at the base of the lesion

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Translucent (pearly)

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  • Shiny and see through

- Typical of basal cell skin cancers

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Umbilicated

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Central depression

Classic for mollluscum

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Verrucous

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Rough, warty surface

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