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Skin Terms 301
Question | Answer |
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macule | flat, circumscribed, discolored, <1cm diameter Ex: freckles, tattoo, stork bite |
Patch | flat, circumscribed, discolored, >1cm diameter Ex: vitiligo, melasma, tinea versicolor |
Papule | raised, defined, any color, <1cm diameter Ex: warts, insect bite, molluscum contagiosum |
plaque | raised, defined, any color, >1cm diameter Ex: psoriasis, lichen sclerosis |
Wheal | raised, flesh colored or red edemous papules or plaques, vary in size and shape Ex: urticaria |
nodule | solid, palpable, >1cm in diameter, often with some depth Ex: basal cell carcinoma |
tumor | large nodule |
vesicle | fluid-filled, <1cm diameter Ex: herpes simplex, chicken pox |
bulla | fluid-filled, >1cm diameter Ex: second degree burns, bullous impetigo |
pustule | purulent, fluid filled, raised, any size Ex: pustular acne, folliculitis |
Cyst | distinct and walled off, containing fluid or semi-solid material, varied in size Ex: epidermal cysts, cystic acne |