Rash descriptions Flashcards
What is the mnemonic for describing a rash?
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
What do you call a flat lesion under 1cm
Macule
What do you call a flat lesion over 1cm
PATCH
What do you call a raised superficial lesion? What size is this normally?
Plaque - over 1cm, not deep, broader than it is thick
What do you call a small projection from the skin? Another name for this?
Papilloma - skin tag
What do you call a bumpy rash with fluid inside, under 1cm
Vesicle
What do you call a bumpy rash with fluid inside, over 1cm
Bulla
What do you call a bumpy rash with pus inside, under 1cm
Pustule
What do you call a bumpy rash with pus inside, over 1cm
Abscess
Bump rash - 4 name options
Pustule vs abscess (size + pus filled)
Vesicle vs bulla (size)
What is a papule?
Elevated solid lesion under 1cm
If it’s elevated, what four words could it be?
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
What word can be used to describe rashes mixing?
Coalescing
What word can be used to describe a compressible fading area due to dermal oedema?
Wheal
What is the name for age related moles?
Seborrheic keratosis
Sebhorroeic keratosis - description
Stuck on warts
An SCC can be described as keratotic. What does this mean?
There is a horny scale aka one patch where there is a build up of keratin.
Where is keratin made?
Keratinocytes in stratum basale layer
What is the name for moist skin?
Maceration
What is the name for warty skin?
Verrucous
What do you call it when skin is peeling in scales?
Desquamation
What do you call it when there are silvery flakes?
Psorasiform
What do you call it when there is a powdery scale?
Pityriasiform
What do you call it when skin is peeling?
Exfoliation
Name four types of secondary changes
Excoriation
Lichenification
Fissure
Prurigo
What is excoriation?
When itching has caused secondary bleeding
What is lichenification?
When the skin has thickened due to severe itching
What is a fissure?
Secondary cracks in skin due to dryness
What is prurigo?
Bumps that occur on the skin due to itching
If something is on the inside of the elbow, how would you describe this site? Where would it be on the knee?
Flexor
Back of knee
If something is on the outside of the elbow, how would you describe this site? Where would it be on the knee?
Extensor
Front of knee
How would you call something found on distal extremities e.g. palms and feet?
Acral
What do you call something found near hair follicles?
Follicular
What do you call it if a rash occurs along embryonic growth lines?
BLASCHKO
What condition can occur in a blaschko pattern?
Lichen planus
What do you call a post injury rash?
Kobner phenomenon
What do you call something that looks like vesicles?
Herpeticum
What do you call something that is in the webs of fingers?
Interdigital
What do you call the areas where you sweat?
Sebum areas
What do you call it if there is a rash forming in sweaty areas?
Seborrhoeic
What do you call it when skin touches skin?
Intertriginous areas
What do you call it if there is an area of central clearing on a rash?
Annular
What do you call it if a rash resembles droplets?
Guttate
What do you call it if a rash resembles finger like projections?
Digitate
What do you call it if a rash looks snake like?
Serpiginous
What do you call it if 90% of the skin is coloured in red rashes?
Erythoderma
What do you call it when you can see tiny blood vessels? How much is normal?
Telangiectasia - up to 5 is normal
What do you call it when there is bleeding into skin?
Purpura
What infection causes a purpuric rash?
Meningococcal infection
What do you call it when someone has injured themselves and then they bleed?
Haematoma
What do you call net like rash?
Reticular
What do you call a rash that resembles a coin?
Discoid.
Name some poly words
Polymorphic
Polygonal
Multitonal
Bitonal
Uninform
Hyper/hypopigmented
