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Rash descriptions Flashcards

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1
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What is the mnemonic for describing a rash?

A

Never Mind - See it (S x 3), Cut it (C x 3), Treat it (T x3)

N - number
M - morphology

Size
Shape
Site

Colour
Contour
Consistency

Transiluminance
Tender
Temperature

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2
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What do you call a flat lesion under 1cm

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Macule

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3
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What do you call a flat lesion over 1cm

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PATCH

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4
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What do you call a raised superficial lesion? What size is this normally?

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Plaque - over 1cm, not deep, broader than it is thick

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5
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What do you call a small projection from the skin? Another name for this?

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Papilloma - skin tag

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6
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What do you call a bumpy rash with fluid inside, under 1cm

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Vesicle

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7
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What do you call a bumpy rash with fluid inside, over 1cm

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Bulla

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8
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What do you call a bumpy rash with pus inside, under 1cm

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Pustule

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9
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What do you call a bumpy rash with pus inside, over 1cm

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Abscess

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10
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Bump rash - 4 name options

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Pustule vs abscess (size + pus filled)
Vesicle vs bulla (size)

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11
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What is a papule?

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Elevated solid lesion under 1cm

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12
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If it’s elevated, what four words could it be?

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Plaque (e.g. in psoriasis)
Papilloma ?more superficial
Papule (solid elevated lesion under 1cm)
Nodule (solid elevated lesion over 1cm, deeper in the skin)

PPPeeNis = elevated like an erection

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13
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What word can be used to describe rashes mixing?

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Coalescing

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14
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What word can be used to describe a compressible fading area due to dermal oedema?

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Wheal

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15
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What is the name for age related moles?

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Seborrheic keratosis

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16
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Sebhorroeic keratosis - description

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Stuck on warts

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17
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An SCC can be described as keratotic. What does this mean?

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There is a horny scale aka one patch where there is a build up of keratin.

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18
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Where is keratin made?

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Keratinocytes in stratum basale layer

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19
Q

What is the name for moist skin?

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Maceration

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20
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What is the name for warty skin?

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Verrucous

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21
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What do you call it when skin is peeling in scales?

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Desquamation

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22
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What do you call it when there are silvery flakes?

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Psorasiform

23
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What do you call it when there is a powdery scale?

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Pityriasiform

24
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What do you call it when skin is peeling?

A

Exfoliation

25
Q

Name four types of secondary changes

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Excoriation
Lichenification
Fissure
Prurigo

26
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What is excoriation?

A

When itching has caused secondary bleeding

27
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What is lichenification?

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When the skin has thickened due to severe itching

28
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What is a fissure?

A

Secondary cracks in skin due to dryness

29
Q

What is prurigo?

A

Bumps that occur on the skin due to itching

30
Q

If something is on the inside of the elbow, how would you describe this site? Where would it be on the knee?

A

Flexor
Back of knee

31
Q

If something is on the outside of the elbow, how would you describe this site? Where would it be on the knee?

A

Extensor
Front of knee

32
Q

How would you call something found on distal extremities e.g. palms and feet?

A

Acral

33
Q

What do you call something found near hair follicles?

A

Follicular

34
Q

What do you call it if a rash occurs along embryonic growth lines?

A

BLASCHKO

35
Q

What condition can occur in a blaschko pattern?

A

Lichen planus

36
Q

What do you call a post injury rash?

A

Kobner phenomenon

37
Q

What do you call something that looks like vesicles?

A

Herpeticum

38
Q

What do you call something that is in the webs of fingers?

A

Interdigital

39
Q

What do you call the areas where you sweat?

A

Sebum areas

40
Q

What do you call it if there is a rash forming in sweaty areas?

A

Seborrhoeic

41
Q

What do you call it when skin touches skin?

A

Intertriginous areas

42
Q

What do you call it if there is an area of central clearing on a rash?

A

Annular

43
Q

What do you call it if a rash resembles droplets?

A

Guttate

44
Q

What do you call it if a rash resembles finger like projections?

A

Digitate

45
Q

What do you call it if a rash looks snake like?

A

Serpiginous

46
Q

What do you call it if 90% of the skin is coloured in red rashes?

A

Erythoderma

47
Q

What do you call it when you can see tiny blood vessels? How much is normal?

A

Telangiectasia - up to 5 is normal

48
Q

What do you call it when there is bleeding into skin?

A

Purpura

49
Q

What infection causes a purpuric rash?

A

Meningococcal infection

50
Q

What do you call it when someone has injured themselves and then they bleed?

A

Haematoma

51
Q

What do you call net like rash?

A

Reticular

52
Q

What do you call a rash that resembles a coin?

A

Discoid.

53
Q

Name some poly words

A

Polymorphic
Polygonal
Multitonal
Bitonal
Uninform
Hyper/hypopigmented

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