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skin cancer Flashcards

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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

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MOST COMMON, LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. APPEARS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES OR SMOOTH GROWTH WITH ELEVATED BORDER

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MOST COMMON, LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. APPEARS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES OR SMOOTH GROWTH WITH ELEVATED BORDER

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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

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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

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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

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MOST SERIOUS FORM OF SKIN CANCER, AS IT METASTISIZES. BLACK OR DARK PATCHES; UNEVEN TEXTURE, JAGGED, OR RAISED; CRUSTY OR BLEED

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MALIGNANT MELANOMA

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LEAST COMMON SKIN CANCER BUT 100% FATAL IF LEFT UNTREATED. EARLY DETECTION CAN RESULT IN ____% SURVIVAL RATE. DROPS 62% ONCE REACHES______ _________

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MALIGNANT MELANOMA
94
LYMPH NODES

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BENIGN MEANS?
MALIGNANT MEANS?

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NOT HARMFUL
CANCEROUS

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ONCOLOGY ESTHETICS

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ESTHETICIAN CERTIFIED TO TREAT SKIN EXPOSED TO RADIATION AND CHEMO THERAPY

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TWO SIDES OF THE LESIONS NOT IDENTICAL

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ASYMETRY

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THE BORDER IS IRREGULAR ON THESE LESIONS

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BORDER

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USUALLY DARK AND HAVE MORE THAN ONE COLOR THAT FADES INTO ONE ANOTHER IS WHAT DETECTION LETTER

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C COLOR

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WHEN THE LESION IS AT LEAST THE SIZE OF A PENCIL ERASER IN A MELENOMA

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DIAMETER

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LESION THAT CHANGES APPEARANCE IS?

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EVOLVING

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ACNE IS

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INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISRDER OF THE SEBACIOUS GLANDS WHERE EXCESS SEBUM IS PRODUCED

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ACNE IS AKA?

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ACNE SIMPLEX OR ACNE VULGARIS

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RED INFLAMED LESIONS WHERE WHITE BLOOD CELLS MOVE IN TO FIGHT INFECTION

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PAPULES

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PAPULES THAT BECOME MORE INFECTED AND DEVELOPS PUS

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PUSTULES

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CYSTS CONSIST OF

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DEEP POCKETS OF INFECTION. FORMS HARDENED TISSUE AROUND THAT LEAD TO DEPRESSED AND RAISED SCARS

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TERM FOR THE ENTIRE FOLLICLE THAT INCLUDES THE HAIR SHAFT, SEBACEOUS GLAND AND SEBACEOUS DUCT OR CANAL TO SURFACE

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PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT

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CLOGGED FOLLICLES ARE CAUSED BY, EXCESS OIL__________ ,HYPERKERATOSIS, AND_________ _________. ANOTHER REASON IS FOLLICLE OSTIUM IS TOO _________ TO LET IMPACTS OUT

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RETENTION
SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS
OPENING OR OSTIUM OF FOLLICLE IS TOO SMALL TO LET IMPACTS OUT

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A COMEDO OR COMEDONES IS A TYPE OF

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CLOGGED FOLLICLE

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A BLACKHEAD OPEN AT SURFACE IS

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OPEN COMEDO

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CLOSED COMEDO FORMS WHEN THE OPENINGS OF THE FOLLICLE ARE BLOCKED WITH

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DEBRIS AND WHITE CELLS.
AKA WHITEHEAD

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SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS IS SIMILAR TO AN

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OPEN COMODONE

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SEBACEOUS FILAMENT ARE MAINLY SMALL SOLIDIFIED IMPACTIONS OF

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OIL WITHOUT THE CELL MATTER

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SMALL EPIDERMAL CYSTS THAT APPEAR AS FIRM WHITE PAPULES. WHITISH PEARL -LIKE MASSES OF SEBUM AND DEAD CELLS UNDER SKIN WITH NO VISIBLE OPENINGS

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MILIA

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HEREDITARY FACTOR IN WHICH DEAD SKIN CELLS BUILD UP BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SHED FROM THE FOLLICLES AS THEY DO ON NORMAL SKIN

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RETENTION HYPERKERATOSIS

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INVOLVES BENIGN LESIONS FREQUENTLY SEEN IN OILIER AREAS OF THE FACE. OFTEN WHITE, YELLOW OR FLESH COLORED. DONUT SHAPED WITH INDENTATION IN CENTER

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SEBACEOUS HYPERPLASIA

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SEBORRHEA IS

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SEVERE OILINESS OF SKIN/ ABNORMAL SECRETION OF SEBACEOUS GLANDS

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AREAS WHERE YOU SEE SEBORRHEA

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SCALP, CALLED SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS.
ALSO AROUND EYEBROWS, BEHIND EARS AND AROUND THE NOSE

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GRADE OF ACNE W/ MINOR BREAKOUTS, MOSTLY OPEN COMODONES, SOME CLOSED, AND A FEW PAPULES

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GRADE 1

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GRADE OF ACNE RED, INFLAMED MANY COMEDONES, PAPULES AND PUSTULES

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GRADE III

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GRADE OF ACNE MANY CLOSED COMEDONES, MORE OPEN COMODONES, AND OCCASIONAL PAPULES AND PUSTULES

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GRADE II

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GRADE IV ACNE INCLUDES

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CYSTIC ACNE, CYSTS WITH COMEDONES, PAPULES, PUSULES, AND INFLAMMATION;SCAR FROMATION/TISSUE DAMAGE

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TRIGGERS FOR ACNE INCLUDE:

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GENETIC, HORMONAL, ENVIRONMENT, LIFESTYLE, CERTIAIN PRODUCTS AND DIETARY

33
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PEOPLE WITH ACNE SHOULD AVOID WHAT COMETICS AND SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

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COMEDOGENIC

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SALICYLIC ACID AND AZELAIC ACID ARE BOTH

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ANTIBACTERIAL

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SALYCYLIC ACID IS LIPOPHILIC WHICH MEANS

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WORKS TO DIGEST SEBUM

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PCOS AFFECTS ONE IN _____ WOMEN
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE INCREASED_____ PRODUCTION

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20
ANDROGEN PRODUCTION

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COMMON VASCULAR DISORDERS INCLUDE:

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ROSACEA, TELANGICTASIA, VARICOSE VEINSPI

38
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PIGMENT DISORDER THAT IS A FLAT , PIGMENTED AREA SIMILAR TO A FRECKLE; SMALL , YELLOW-BROWN SPOTS

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LENTIGO

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FRECKLES ARE AKA

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EPHELIDS

40
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POIKILODERMA OF CIVATTE IS CAUSED BY

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ACTINIC BRONZING/ CHRONIC SUN EXPOSURE

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4 HYPOPIGMENTATION DISORDERS INCLUDE

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LAV TV
LEUKODERMA, ALBINISM, VITILIGO, TINEA VERSICOLOR

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TINEA VERSICOLOR IS A ________ CONDITION CONFUSED WITH VITILIGO

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FUNGAL

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LACK OF MELANIN IN THE BODY IS WHAT HYPOPIMENTATION DISORDER

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ALBINISM

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PIGMENTATION DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY WHITE IRREGULAR PATCHES OF SKIN WHITE/ LACKING PIGMENT.

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VITILIGO

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ALBINISM AND VITILIGO IS DUE TO IMMUNOLOGICAL AND POST INFLAMMATORY DUE TO CONGENITAL DISORDER. ABNORMAL PATCHES OF DEPIGMENTED SKIN

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LEUKODERMA

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DERMATITIS IS A GENERALIZED TERM TO REFER TO AN

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INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN

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DERMATITIS INCLUDES VARIOUS FORMS OF LESIONS SUCH AS:

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ECZEMA, VESICLES, OR PAPULES
EVP

48
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REACTION TO INGREDIENTS IN COSMETICS AND CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS CAN CAUSE

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CONTACT DERMATITIS

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DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERSENSITIVITY AFTER REPEATED EXPOSURE TO AN ALLERGEN IS

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SENSITIZATION

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COMMON ALLERGENS CAN BE FOUND IN THESE ITEMS THAT CAUSE CONTACT DERMATITIS

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MAKEUP, SKIN CARE PRODUCT, DETERGENT, DYES, FABRICS, JEWELRY, PLANTS, RED DYES, NICKEL IN JEWELRY

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CHRONIC RELAPSING FORM OF DERMATITIS, RECOMMEND HUMIDIFERS AND LOTION TO STAY HYDRATED

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ATOPIC DERMATITIS

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INFLAMMATORY, PAIN , ITCHING DISEASE OF THE SKIN, ACUTE OR CHRONIC IN NATURE; HAS DRY OR MOIST LESIONS

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ECZEMA

53
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ACNE LIKE CONDITION AROUND THE MOTH CONSISTING MAINLY OF CLUSTER OF PAPULES

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PERIORAL DERMATITIS

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STATIS DERMATITIS IS CAUSED BY

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POOR CIRCULATION IN LOWER LEGS

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