More Dermatology Terminology - Jokinen Flashcards
What is a bulla?
A large vesicle (vesicles are basically a clear fluid filled lesion) Blisters!
What’s a pustule?
A vesicle with inflammatory cells inside. Like acne vulgaris
What does a wheal look like?
A palpable are of edema with central pallor and peripheral erythema
Deifinition of purpura?
red/prurple discoloration of the skin due to presence of blood in the tissue Petechiae is a subtype - tiny dots of purpura
What do you call a plug within a hair follicle canal?
comedo
What is this?
milia
Wat do you call it when small parasite create tunnels in the stratum corneum?
burrows
What characterizes an ulcerated lesion?
It penetrates all the way through the epidermis
(so basically the epidermis is completely gone at the site
What is the most common cause of excoriation?
People scratching themselves
What is the technical term for an area of thickened skin, probably assocaited with chronic scratching or rubbing?
lichenified
Technical term for wart-like?
verrucous
Technical term for having dilated small capillaries at the skin’s surface?
telangiesctatic
