Secondary Skin Lesions

Question 1

What is keloid?

Answer 1

benign excess of scar tissue beyond site of original injury, looks smooth, rubbery, shiny, feels smooth & firm

Question 2

What is lichenification?

Answer 2

caused by prolonged & intense scratching, thickens skin & tightly packed set of papules

Question 3

What is atrophic scar?

Answer 3

Depressed w/loss of tissue, thinning of epidermis

Question 4

What is a scar?

Answer 4

Normal tissue is lost, replaced w/collagen, permanent fibrotic change
ex. healed area of surgery

Question 5

What is excoriation?

Answer 5

Self-inflicted abrasion, superficial, sometimes crusted, caused by intense itching

Question 6

What is an ulcer?

Answer 6

Deeper depression into dermis, irregular shape

ex. pressure ulcer

Question 7

What is a erosion?

Answer 7

Scooped out, shallow depression, epidermis lost, heals w/out scar b/c doesn’t get to dermis

Question 8

What is a fissure?

Answer 8

Linear crack w/abrupt edges, extends into dermis, dry or moist

Question 9

What is scale?

Answer 9

Compact, descciated flakes of skin, dry or greasy, slivery or white
ex. eczema

Question 10

What is a crust?

Answer 10

Thickened, dried-out, exudate left when vesicles/pustules burst
color: red-brown, honey, yellow