Lesions Flashcards
● Swelling
● Inflammatory enlargement
Tumor
A circumscribed, elevated, fluid-filled lesion up to 1 cm in size
Vesicles
FLAT CIRCUMSCRIBED, with color change and varies from that of pinhead to several centimeters that is NOT PALPABLE
Macule
● BLEBS
● LARGER AND MORE DEEP SEATED, and the roof of the cavity is more resistant to rupture than of a vesicle
Bullae
Masses of dead tissue or sloughs produced by BURNING CHEMICAL CORROSIVE
Eschars
● GROWTH on the gingiva or alveolar mucosa
Epulis
Growths that can form growths
Exostosis
A circumscribed, elevated lesion FILLED WITH PURULENT FLUID, less than 1 cm in size
Pustules
Circumscribed, elevated solid lesion from pinhead to about 5 mm.
*Flat, conical, circular and pointed
Papule
Circumscribed, slightly elevated
● DEEP SEATED and involve the submucosa or lower dermis in the skin
Nodule
Fluid-Filled sac growth
Cyst
Painless bony growth
Torus
Refers to a SMALLNIPPLE-SHAPED epithelial tumor in which the cells cover finger-like processes of stroma
Papilloma
ULCERATION OR LOSS OF SUBSTANCE that produced on the skin or mucous membrane by trauma
Erosions
LINEAR, OFTEN PAINFUL BREAKS within the skin surface
Fissure