PRIMARY
characterized by flat, nonpalpable changes in the skin color or by elevations formed by fluid in a cavity
PRIMARY LESIONS
MORE SERIOUS THAN BASAL CELL CARCINOMA, OFTEN LOOKS LIKE LIGHT PEARLY NODULES; INCLUDE SORES/REDDISH PATCHES
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
CHARACTERIZED BY PILES OF MATERIAL ON THE SKIN SURFACE; CRUST, SCAB, ULCERS
SECONDARY LESIONS
SMALL ELEVATIONS THAT DONT CONTAIN FULID
PAPULE
A THICK SCAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUES
KELOID
ITCHY SWOLLEN LESIONS CAUSED BY INSECT BITE
WHEAL
MOST SERIOUS FORM OF CANCER; CAN METASTASIZE QUICKLY
MALIGNANT MELANOMA
SKIN ABRASION PRODUCED BY SCRATCHING OR SCRAPING; CUTICLE BITNG
EXCORIATION
RAISED INFLAMED PAPULES WITH BACTERIA/INFECTION PRESENT
PUSTLES
SLIGHTY RAISED OR DEPRESSED AREA OF THE SKIN AFTER AN INJURY
SCAR
ABNORMAL MASS THAT VARYS IN SIZE, SHAPE AND COLOR. (NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION)
TUMOR
A MEDICAL NICHE; TREATING SKIN THAT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION/CHEMO
ONCOLOGY ESTHETICS
PENETRATES DEEP IN THE SKIN; CHAPPED LIPS, CRACKED FEET
FISSURE
JANE WENT FOR A HIKE AND NOW HAS SMALL CLUSTERS OF BLISTERS WHAT ARE THEY?
VESICLES
OPEN LESION OF THE MUCUOS MEMBRANE OF THE BODY; LOSS OF SKIN DEPTH
ULCER
RAISED OR INFLAMMED WITH PUS IN THE CENTER
PUSTULE
SMALL BROWNISH SPOT ON THE SKIN
RANGES IN COLOR-TAN TO BROWN
MOLE
DEAD CELLS THAT FORM OVER A WOUND
CRUST
SOLID BUMP LARGER THAN .4 INCHES ,REQUIRES MEDICAL EXAM
NODULE
AN EXAMPLE OF SCALES ARE-
EXCESSIVE DRANDRUFF, PSORIASIS
LARGE BLISTER CONTAINING WATERY FLUID
BULLA
PINK FLESH COLORED PRECANCEROUS LESIONS THAT FEEL SHARP OR ROUGH
ACTINIC KERATOSIS
THIN DRY OILY PLATES OF EPIDERMAL FLAKES
SCALES
FLAT SPOT OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN
MACULE
CICATRIX IS ANOTHER NAME FOR
SCAR