Skin, Head, Neck, Lymph Assessment Flashcards
Macule
Flat in less than 1 cm in diameter
Patch
Flat greater than 1 cm in diameter
Papule
Raise and less than 1 cm in diameter and not fluid filled
Plaque
Raised and greater than 1 cm in diameter and not fluid filled
Vesicles
Raised and less than 1 cm in diameter and filled with fluid
Fluctuant
Eg: varicella
Bulla
Raised, greater than 1 cm in diameter, filled with fluid, example blister
Pustule
In general less than 1 cm in diameter, filled with pus or keratin, example impetigo
Erosion
A loss of some or all of the epidermis, surface is denuded
Nodule
Larger and deeper than a papule you about 1 to 2 cm, they invade the dermis or subcutaneous fat, firm to palpation
Cyst
Closed sac beneath the outer layer of the epidermis that contains a liquid, semi solid gel, or gaseous substance
Eg sebaceoous cyst
Not firm
Wheal
Raised and generally probable area with varying configuration and location, erythematous or pale, rounded or flat top, comes and goes, result of circumscribed dermal edema
Petechiae
Purpuric lesions 1 to 3 mm, result of blood outside of vessels, do not Blanche, suggestive of microemboli or vasculitis
Annular lesion shape
Ring like with central clearing sometimes called target lesions
Nummular lesion shape
Queen like with no central clearing, example eczema
ABCDE of lesions
Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolution