Primary Skin Lesions

Question 1

small, flat, nonpalpable skin color change (skin color may be brown, tan, purple, red).
examples include freckles, flat moles, petechiae, rubella, vitiligo, port wine stains and ecchymosis.

Answer 1

macule and patch

Question 2

elevated, palpable solid mass.

Answer 2

papule and plaque

Question 3

elevated, solid, palpable mass that extends deeper into dermis than a papule.

Answer 3

nodule and tumor

Question 4

circumscribed elevated, palpable mass containing serous fluid.

Answer 4

vesicle and bulla

Question 5

elevated mass with transient borders. caused by movement of serous fluid into the dermis; does not contain free fluid in cavity.

Answer 5

wheal

Question 6

puss filled vesicle or bulla.
ex. include acne.

Answer 6

pustule

Question 7

encapsulated fluid filled or semisolid mass that is located in the subcutaneous tissue or dermis.

Answer 7

cyst

Question 8

identify the primary skin lesions

Answer 8

macule and patch, papule and plaque, nodule and tumor, vesicle and bulla, wheal, pustule, and cyst

Question 9

have a circumscribed border and are less than 0.5 cm

Answer 9

papule

Question 10

greater than 0.5cm may be coalesced papules with a flat top

Answer 10

plaque