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1
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macule

A
  • flat skin lesion
  • different color than surrounding skin
  • ‘Mac truck drives over something flat’
2
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papule

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  • small raised skin lesions
3
Q

comedones

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  • blackheads

- whiteheads

4
Q

vesicle

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  • blister filled with clear fluid

- diameter less than 0.5cm

5
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bullae

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  • blister filled with clear fluid

- diameter greater than 0.5cm

6
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pustule

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  • raised fluid filled lesion

- filled with purulent or cloudy fluid

7
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wheal

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  • lesion of dermal edema
8
Q

nodule

A
  • raised marble-like cyst
  • solid inside
  • diameter and depth is greater than 0.5cm
9
Q

ulcer

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  • skin defect that completly erodes the peidermis and part of the dermis
10
Q

lichenification

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  • epidermial thickening
  • visible and palpable
  • exaggerated skin markings
  • raised “coat of armor”
  • white tan, slightly darker than skin
11
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polyp

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  • soft fleshy raised growth
  • loose, skin tag
  • cell collection from friction
12
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fissuer

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  • linear tear in the epidermis

- cracks open

13
Q

scale

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  • visibly thickened stratum corneum

- dry appearance

14
Q

crust

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  • ‘scab’
  • dried liquid on the surface of the skin
  • blood, serum, or pus
15
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atrophy

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  • loss of skin tissue

- sinking in of tissue/divet

16
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epidermal atrophy

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  • skin appears thin and shiny
17
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dermal aatrophy

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  • detectable depression
18
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plaque

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  • elevated but lacking significant depth

- diameter is greater than 0.5cm

19
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What is the different between plaque and wheal?

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  • wheal is more raised with smaller diameter
20
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telangectasia

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  • enlarged superficial blood vessels
21
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depigmentation

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  • complete loss of pigment
  • color will not come back
  • i.e. vitilago
22
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hypopigmentation

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  • partial loss of pigment

- color may come back

23
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hyperpigmentation

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  • excess pigment

- i.e. freckles

24
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Langer’s Line

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  • skin tension lines
  • useful when performing procedures
  • guide to produce the strongest scar and provide a better cosmetic outcome
25
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pruritis

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  • itching
26
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excoriation

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  • picking or scratching