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Pod_vascular
Vascular terms for podiatrists
Question | Answer |
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Atrophy | Wasting or reduction in size |
Bullae | Large blister or vesicle |
Cellulitis | Sub-cutaneous bacterial infection esp St aureus or St. pyogenes |
Crust | Outer layer or coating from dried pus, serum or blood |
Cyanosis | Blue colouration |
Cyst | Abnormal closed epitherial lined cavity fluid or semi-solid |
Depigmentation | Reduction of pigment or loss |
Fissure | Cleft or groove, linear crack |
Haemociderosis | Increased brown pigmentation caused by iron leaving tissues |
Hyperkeratosis | Increased keratin in skin - corns and callus |
Hyperpigmentation | Above normal pigment in the skin |
Hypopigmentation | Below normal pigment in skin |
Lichenification | Hyperkeratosis of skin caused by chronic inflammation. Scale like appearance |
Macule | Flat discoloured area, non-palpable. |
Erosion | Shallow or superficial ulceration |
Erythema | Redness of skin |
Pallor | Pale skin |
Papule | Small solid palpable elevation of skin, doesn't contain pus. <5mm |
Plaque | Superficial solid elevated skin lesion which is flat topped |
Pustule | Small inflamed swelling that is filled with pus |
Rubor | Redness - sign of inflammation |
Scale | Thin flake of cornified epithelial cells |
Scar | Cicatrix, fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue |
Slough | Layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue |
Telangectasia | Permanent dilation of pre-existing blood vessels causing elevated dark blotches on skin |
Ulcer | Local defect or excavation of surface produced by sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue |
Lesion | Pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of tissue |
Nodule | Small mass of palpable tissue >5mm (large papule) |
Necrosis | Localised tissue death |
Vesicle | Serous containing elevation in epidermis, a small blister <5mm |
Wheal | Smooth red or pale raised area of skin |
Blister | localised swelling containing serous fluid |