lesions Flashcards
Circumscribed, slightly elevated
* Deep seated and involve the submucosa or
lower dermis in the skin
* “greater than 10mm in diameter
NODULE
- “Type of macule lesion”
- “Hyperpigmentation associated with
melanin”
MELANOSIS
Are flat circumscribed, with color change
and varies from that of pinhead several
centimeters that is not palpable
MACULES
A circumscribed, elevated lesion filled with
purulent fluid, less than 1cm in size
PUSTULES
A circumscribed, elevated, fluid-filled
lesion up to 1cm in size
* “small fluid-filled sac or blisters”
VISICLES
Superficial, elevated, solid lesion from
pinhead to about 5mm.
* Flat, conical, circular, and pointed
PAPULE
“Blebs”
* Larger and more deep seated,and the roof
of the cavity is more resistant to rupture
than of a vesicle
BULLAE
- Fluid-filled sac growth
- “sac-like pocket of membranous tissue that
contains fluid, air, or other substances”
CYST
Swelling
* Inflammatory enlargement
* “Ameloblastoma ang common type of
tumor sa mouth nga kung I palpate mo siya,
may egg-cracking sound”
* SESSILE type of tumor
TUMESCENCE
(TUMOR)
Growth on the gingiva or alveolar mucous
EPULIS
Growths that can form growths
EXOSTOSIS
Ulceration or loss of substance that
produced on the skin or mucous membrane
by trauma.
EROSION
Refers to a small nipple-shaped epithelial
tumor in which the cells cover finger-like
processes of stroma
PAPILLOMA
Painless bony growth
TORUS
Linear, often painful breaks within the skin
surface.
FISSURE
