SECONDARY LESIONS
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SECONDARY LESIONS
8 SECONDARY LESIONS
SECONDARY LESIONS | SECONDARY LESIONS |
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CRUST | THICKENED DRIED EXUDATE (DRIED SERUM/BLOOD/PUS) ON TOP OF ORIGINAL LESION (AKA SCAB) HINH MA.T EM BE |
SCALE | COMPACT FLAKES OF SKIN (PSORIASIS [WHITE-SILVERY], SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS [YELLOW-GREASY], SEBORRHEA [DANDRUFF] |
FISSURE | LINEAR CRACK (CHEILOSIS [CORNER OF MOUTH, CALLUSED HEELS, TINEA PEDIS [ATHLETES FOOT] - BETWEEN TOES) |
EROSION | SHALLOW DEPRESSION, MOIST, NO BLEEDING |
ULCER | DEEP DEPRESSION INTO DERMIS; LEAVES SCAR (STASIS ULCER, PRESSURE SORE) |
EXCORIATION | SUPERFICIAL ABRASION (DERMATITIS) |
SCAR | CONNECTIVE TISSUE REPLACING NORMAL TISSUE 1. ATROPHIC SCAR: DEPRESSED SCAR - STRETCH MARKS (STRIAE) 2. HYPERTROPHIC SCAR: EXCESS SCAR TISSUE SECONDARY TO INCREASED COLLAGEN FORMATION (KELOID) |
LICHENIFICATION | THICKENING OF SKIN (ECZEMA [ATOPIC DERMATITIS]; CHRONIC SUN EXPOSURE) |