skin cancer Flashcards
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
MOST COMMON, LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. APPEARS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES OR SMOOTH GROWTH WITH ELEVATED BORDER
MOST COMMON, LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. APPEARS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES OR SMOOTH GROWTH WITH ELEVATED BORDER
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
MORE SERIOUS THAN BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
SCALY, RED OR PINK PAPULES R NODULES; OPEN SORES OR CRUSTY AREAS, CAN GROW AND SPREAD IN THE BODY
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
MOST SERIOUS FORM OF SKIN CANCER, AS IT METASTISIZES. BLACK OR DARK PATCHES; UNEVEN TEXTURE, JAGGED, OR RAISED; CRUSTY OR BLEED
MALIGNANT MELANOMA
LEAST COMMON SKIN CANCER BUT 100% FATAL IF LEFT UNTREATED. EARLY DETECTION CAN RESULT IN ____% SURVIVAL RATE. DROPS 62% ONCE REACHES______ _________
MALIGNANT MELANOMA
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LYMPH NODES
BENIGN MEANS?
MALIGNANT MEANS?
NOT HARMFUL
CANCEROUS
ONCOLOGY ESTHETICS
ESTHETICIAN CERTIFIED TO TREAT SKIN EXPOSED TO RADIATION AND CHEMO THERAPY
TWO SIDES OF THE LESIONS NOT IDENTICAL
ASYMETRY
THE BORDER IS IRREGULAR ON THESE LESIONS
BORDER
USUALLY DARK AND HAVE MORE THAN ONE COLOR THAT FADES INTO ONE ANOTHER IS WHAT DETECTION LETTER
C COLOR
WHEN THE LESION IS AT LEAST THE SIZE OF A PENCIL ERASER IN A MELENOMA
DIAMETER
LESION THAT CHANGES APPEARANCE IS?
EVOLVING
ACNE IS
INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISRDER OF THE SEBACIOUS GLANDS WHERE EXCESS SEBUM IS PRODUCED
ACNE IS AKA?
ACNE SIMPLEX OR ACNE VULGARIS
RED INFLAMED LESIONS WHERE WHITE BLOOD CELLS MOVE IN TO FIGHT INFECTION
PAPULES
PAPULES THAT BECOME MORE INFECTED AND DEVELOPS PUS
PUSTULES
CYSTS CONSIST OF
DEEP POCKETS OF INFECTION. FORMS HARDENED TISSUE AROUND THAT LEAD TO DEPRESSED AND RAISED SCARS
TERM FOR THE ENTIRE FOLLICLE THAT INCLUDES THE HAIR SHAFT, SEBACEOUS GLAND AND SEBACEOUS DUCT OR CANAL TO SURFACE
PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT
CLOGGED FOLLICLES ARE CAUSED BY, EXCESS OIL__________ ,HYPERKERATOSIS, AND_________ _________. ANOTHER REASON IS FOLLICLE OSTIUM IS TOO _________ TO LET IMPACTS OUT
RETENTION
SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS
OPENING OR OSTIUM OF FOLLICLE IS TOO SMALL TO LET IMPACTS OUT
A COMEDO OR COMEDONES IS A TYPE OF
CLOGGED FOLLICLE
A BLACKHEAD OPEN AT SURFACE IS
OPEN COMEDO
CLOSED COMEDO FORMS WHEN THE OPENINGS OF THE FOLLICLE ARE BLOCKED WITH
DEBRIS AND WHITE CELLS.
AKA WHITEHEAD
SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS IS SIMILAR TO AN
OPEN COMODONE
SEBACEOUS FILAMENT ARE MAINLY SMALL SOLIDIFIED IMPACTIONS OF
OIL WITHOUT THE CELL MATTER
SMALL EPIDERMAL CYSTS THAT APPEAR AS FIRM WHITE PAPULES. WHITISH PEARL -LIKE MASSES OF SEBUM AND DEAD CELLS UNDER SKIN WITH NO VISIBLE OPENINGS
MILIA
HEREDITARY FACTOR IN WHICH DEAD SKIN CELLS BUILD UP BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SHED FROM THE FOLLICLES AS THEY DO ON NORMAL SKIN
RETENTION HYPERKERATOSIS
INVOLVES BENIGN LESIONS FREQUENTLY SEEN IN OILIER AREAS OF THE FACE. OFTEN WHITE, YELLOW OR FLESH COLORED. DONUT SHAPED WITH INDENTATION IN CENTER
SEBACEOUS HYPERPLASIA
SEBORRHEA IS
SEVERE OILINESS OF SKIN/ ABNORMAL SECRETION OF SEBACEOUS GLANDS
AREAS WHERE YOU SEE SEBORRHEA
SCALP, CALLED SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS.
ALSO AROUND EYEBROWS, BEHIND EARS AND AROUND THE NOSE
GRADE OF ACNE W/ MINOR BREAKOUTS, MOSTLY OPEN COMODONES, SOME CLOSED, AND A FEW PAPULES
GRADE 1
GRADE OF ACNE RED, INFLAMED MANY COMEDONES, PAPULES AND PUSTULES
GRADE III
GRADE OF ACNE MANY CLOSED COMEDONES, MORE OPEN COMODONES, AND OCCASIONAL PAPULES AND PUSTULES
GRADE II
GRADE IV ACNE INCLUDES
CYSTIC ACNE, CYSTS WITH COMEDONES, PAPULES, PUSULES, AND INFLAMMATION;SCAR FROMATION/TISSUE DAMAGE
TRIGGERS FOR ACNE INCLUDE:
GENETIC, HORMONAL, ENVIRONMENT, LIFESTYLE, CERTIAIN PRODUCTS AND DIETARY
PEOPLE WITH ACNE SHOULD AVOID WHAT COMETICS AND SKIN CARE PRODUCTS
COMEDOGENIC
SALICYLIC ACID AND AZELAIC ACID ARE BOTH
ANTIBACTERIAL
SALYCYLIC ACID IS LIPOPHILIC WHICH MEANS
WORKS TO DIGEST SEBUM
PCOS AFFECTS ONE IN _____ WOMEN
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE INCREASED_____ PRODUCTION
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ANDROGEN PRODUCTION
COMMON VASCULAR DISORDERS INCLUDE:
ROSACEA, TELANGICTASIA, VARICOSE VEINSPI
PIGMENT DISORDER THAT IS A FLAT , PIGMENTED AREA SIMILAR TO A FRECKLE; SMALL , YELLOW-BROWN SPOTS
LENTIGO
FRECKLES ARE AKA
EPHELIDS
POIKILODERMA OF CIVATTE IS CAUSED BY
ACTINIC BRONZING/ CHRONIC SUN EXPOSURE
4 HYPOPIGMENTATION DISORDERS INCLUDE
LAV TV
LEUKODERMA, ALBINISM, VITILIGO, TINEA VERSICOLOR
TINEA VERSICOLOR IS A ________ CONDITION CONFUSED WITH VITILIGO
FUNGAL
LACK OF MELANIN IN THE BODY IS WHAT HYPOPIMENTATION DISORDER
ALBINISM
PIGMENTATION DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY WHITE IRREGULAR PATCHES OF SKIN WHITE/ LACKING PIGMENT.
VITILIGO
ALBINISM AND VITILIGO IS DUE TO IMMUNOLOGICAL AND POST INFLAMMATORY DUE TO CONGENITAL DISORDER. ABNORMAL PATCHES OF DEPIGMENTED SKIN
LEUKODERMA
DERMATITIS IS A GENERALIZED TERM TO REFER TO AN
INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN
DERMATITIS INCLUDES VARIOUS FORMS OF LESIONS SUCH AS:
ECZEMA, VESICLES, OR PAPULES
EVP
REACTION TO INGREDIENTS IN COSMETICS AND CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS CAN CAUSE
CONTACT DERMATITIS
DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERSENSITIVITY AFTER REPEATED EXPOSURE TO AN ALLERGEN IS
SENSITIZATION
COMMON ALLERGENS CAN BE FOUND IN THESE ITEMS THAT CAUSE CONTACT DERMATITIS
MAKEUP, SKIN CARE PRODUCT, DETERGENT, DYES, FABRICS, JEWELRY, PLANTS, RED DYES, NICKEL IN JEWELRY
CHRONIC RELAPSING FORM OF DERMATITIS, RECOMMEND HUMIDIFERS AND LOTION TO STAY HYDRATED
ATOPIC DERMATITIS
INFLAMMATORY, PAIN , ITCHING DISEASE OF THE SKIN, ACUTE OR CHRONIC IN NATURE; HAS DRY OR MOIST LESIONS
ECZEMA
ACNE LIKE CONDITION AROUND THE MOTH CONSISTING MAINLY OF CLUSTER OF PAPULES
PERIORAL DERMATITIS
STATIS DERMATITIS IS CAUSED BY
POOR CIRCULATION IN LOWER LEGS
