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Skin lesions 2
types of skin lesions
Question | Answer |
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Raised up keratinized cells, flaky skin, varies in size and texture. | Scale |
Rough thicken epidermis caused by rubbing,itching, or skin irritation. | Lichenification |
Irregular shaped elevated enlarging scar that grows beyond the wound | Keloid |
Thin to thick that replaces normal skin after injury. | Scar |
loss of epidermis, hollowed out crusted area | Excoriation |
linear crack or break from the epidermis to the dermis | Fissure |
dried drainage or blood | Crust |
loss of port of the epidermis, depressed moist or glistening, follows rupture of a vesicle or bulla | Erosion |
loss of epidermis and dermis, concave, and varies in size | Ulcer |
Thinning of the skin surface and loss of skin markings | Atrophy |
Tiny flat reddish purple non-blanchable spots in the skin less that 0.5cm in diameter | petechie |
Flat reddish purple non-blanchable spots in the skin greater than 0.5cm in diameter | Purpura |
A reddish purple non-blanchable spot of variable size | Ecchymosis |
Benign tumor consisting of a small mass of blood vessels that can vary in size | angioma |
a type of angioma that involves the capillaries within the skin producing an irregular macular patch that can vary from light red to dark red to purple in color | Capillary Hemangioma (Nevus Flammeus) |
Permanent dilation of preexisting small blood vessels resulting in superficial, fine, irregular, red lines with in the skin | Telangiectasia |
A type of telangiectasia characterized by a small central red area with radiating spider like legs, blanches with pressure | Vascular Spider (Spider Angioma) |
A type of Telangiectasia characterized by a non palpable blueish star shaped lesion | Venous Star |