Ped- Test 2 (DERMATOLOGY) Flashcards

WEEK 2! YOU GOT THIS!!

1
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True or False Primary Lesions have the MOST characteristics of a disease process?

A

TRUE

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2
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What is a macule? (primary)

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Text: Is a color change in the skin that is FLAT to the surface of the skin

This is NOT PALPABLE

It is <1 cm in diameter

**This makes sense b/c it is flat to the skin

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3
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What is a papule? (primary)

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Solid raised lesion with distinct borders
<1 cm in diamater

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What is a plaque? (primary)

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Solid lesion
> 1 cm
Flat topped
Looks like a flat topped hill (mesa)

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5
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What is a nodule? (primary)

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Raised solid lesion with INDISTINCT BORDERS

> 1 cm in diameter
BUT SURFACE IS ROUNDED

It can be palpated deeply
&
Vascular nodules are compressible

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6
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What is a vesicle? (primary)

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Raised lesion
<1 cm
Filled with clear fluid

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What is a Bulla? (primary)

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Blister > 1 cm

“Bulla= Blister”

Whereas, vesicles are smaller but they are both fluid filled

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What is a pustule? (primary)

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Raised lesion filled with pus that gives it a yellow appearance

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What is a wheal? (primary)

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Flat topped
Slightly raised
Area of tense edema
It is in the outer layer of the skin

Pink edematous papule & plaque & can vary in size- typical to have a transient nature that resolves in 24 hours.

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10
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What is the difference between a wheel vs a papule or a plaque?

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The wheel is more pink & edematous compared to papules and plaque

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What is purpura? (primary)

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red purple, macular or plaque that is caused from extravascular blood into the skin. It does not blanch with pressure.

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12
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True or False- purpura is bigger than petechiae?

A

True

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13
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What is a cyst? (primary)

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a papule or nodule with an epidermal lining and filled with solid material. Cysts will not be as clear & transparent as vesicle or pustule because it is filled with SOLID MATERIAL. . . BUT IT IS RAISED LIKE A PAPULE & or NODULE.

Cyst= filled with solid material!

Solid RAISED dome-shaped lesion with a smooth surface

Can have a palpable sac that the skin moves over

Can be within the epidermis & move with the skin

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14
Q

What are the examples of the primary skin lesions in the lecture?

A

Macule
Papule
Plaque
Nodule
Vesicle
Bulla
Pustule
Wheal
Purpura
Cyst

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15
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What are secondary skin lesions?

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-Caused from the side effects of a primary lesion.

-These lesions can be seen after the primary lesions have healed.

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16
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What is scaling? (secondary)

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When the stratum corneum (the outermost) layer of the skin thickens, builds up and sheds or peels off.

  • Can be fine OR sheet like scaling

-Seen in papulosquamous conditions & ichthyoses

17
Q

What is Licenification? (secondary)

A

Thickening of the epidermis from external irritation

Something is rubbing up against the skin

18
Q

What is crusting? (secondary)

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Dried collection of serum or cellular debris

Think it is crusted over!!

19
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What is a scar? (secondary)

A

Fibrous thickenings of the dermis resulting in loss of epidermal ridges.

Raised= hypertrophic
Flat

Thickened, firm & SOMETIMES DISCOLORED collection of connective tissue.

Caused by: Dermal damage

20
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What is excoriation? (secondary)

A

What we you see? Superficial linear erosion

Caused by: SCRATCHING- seen a lot because kids like to scratch!

21
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What is an ulcer? (secondary)

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What do you see?

Deeper depression with the loss of the whole epidermis

What happens- ulcers can heal &

produce scars

22
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What is a fissure? (secondary)

A

Linear splits in the skin, seen as wedge shaped cracks through the epidermis narrowing in the dermis

Since the skin is cracked this can be PAINFUL TO PATIENTS!!!

23
Q

What is erosion? (secondary)

A

shallow depression with the loss of your superficial epidermis. This is not gone to the dermis

24
Q

What are the examples of secondary skin lesions?

A

Scaling
Lichenification
Crusting
Scar
Excoriation
Ulcer
Fissure
Erosion

25
Q

What is the difference between a pustule & a vesicle?

A
  1. A vesicle is clear tan colored & a pustule is pus filled with erythema
26
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crusting (secondary)

A

combo of plasma & epidermis as seen in impetigo