secondary skin lesions

Question 1

lichenification

Answer 1

A distinctive thickening of the skin that is characterized by accentuated skin-fold markings.

Question 2

scale

Answer 2

Excessive accumlation of stratum corneum.

Question 3

crust

Answer 3

Dried exudate of body fluids that may be either yellow (i.e., serous crust) or red (i.e., hemorrhagic crust).

Question 4

ersion

Answer 4

loss of epidermis without an associated loss of dermis

Question 5

ulcer

Answer 5

Loss of epidermis and at least a protion of the underlying dermis.

Question 6

excoriation

Answer 6

Linear, angular erosions that may be covered by crust and are caused by scratching.

Question 7

atrophy

Answer 7

An acquired loss of substance. In the skin, this may appear as a depression in intact epidermis (i.e., loss of dermal or subcutaneous tissue) or as sites of shiny, delicate, wrinkled lesions (i.e., epidermal atrophy).

Question 8

scar

Answer 8

A cahnge in the skin secondary to trauma or inflammation. Sites may be erythematous, hypopigmented, or hyperpigmented depending on their age or charcter. Sites on hair-bearing, areas may be characterized by destruction of hair follicles.