PRIMARY LESIONS
FLAT, NONPALPABLE CHANGES IN SKIN COLOR OR ELEVATIONS FORMED BY FLUID IN A CAVITY
WHAT IS A PRIMARY LESION?
CONTACT WITH ALLERGENS AND CAUSTIC CHEMICALS CAN CAUSE SKIN SENSITIVITY OR DISORDERS
WHAT IS CONTACT DERMATITIS?
ASYMMETRY, BORDER, COLOR, DIAMETER, AND EVOLVING
WHAT IS ABCDE’S OF MELANOMA DETECTION?
TRIGGERED BY HORMONAL CHANGES, OFTEN DURING PREGNANCY OR WITH BIRTH CONTROL ISSUES
WHAT IS MELASMA?
AN INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISORDERS OF THE SEBACEOUS GLAND, CHARACTERIZED BY EXCESS SEBUM PRODUCTION
WHAT IS ACNE?
LARGE BLISTER CONTAINING A WATERY FLUID; REQUIRES MEDICAL REFERRAL
WHAT IS A BULLA?
CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO AND DIRECT SKIN CONTACT WITH AN ALLERGEN
WHAT IS ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS?
MOST COMMON AND LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER, WHICH OFTEN APPERS AS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING SORES, REDDISH PATCHES
WHAT IS BASAL CELL CARCINOMA?
KNOWN AS A BIRTHMARK; A MALFORMATION OF THE SKIN FROM ABNORMAL PIGMENTATION
WHAT IS NEVUS?
THE ENTIRE FOLLICLE INCLUDING THE HAIR SHAFT,SEBACEOUS GLAND, AND THE SEBACEOUS DUCT TO THE SURFACE.
WHAT IS PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT?
CLOSED ABNORMALLY DEVEOPED SAC THAT CONTAINS PUS, ABOVE OR BELOW THE SKIN
WHAT IS A CYST?
A GENERALIZED TERM TO REFER TO AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN
WHAT IS DERMATITIS?
MORE SERIOUS THAN BASAL CELL CARCINOMA, CHARACTERIZED BY SCALY RED PAPULES OR NODULES; APPEARS AS OPEN SORES AND CAN GROW AND SPREAD IN THE BODY
WHAT IS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA?
DARKENED PIGMENTATION DUE TO AN INJURY TOT HE SKIN OR THE RESIDUAL HEALING AFTER AN ACNE LESION HAS REVOLVED
WHAT IS POST INFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION?
NONINFLAMED BUILDUP OF CELLS, SEBUM. AND OTHER DEBRIS INSIDE FOLLICLES
WHAT IS A COMEDO?
A FLAT SPOT OR DISCOLORATION ON THE SKIN
WHAT IS A MACULE?
AN INFLAMMATORY, PAINFUL ITCHING DISEASE OF THE SKIN; IS ACUTE OR CHRONIC IN NATURE, HAS DRY OR MOIST LESIONS
WHAT IS ECZEMA?
SMALL BROWNISH SPOT ON THE SKIN RANGING IN COLOR FROM PALE TAN TO BROWN OR BLUEISH BLACK
WHAT IS A NORMAL MOLE?
RARE GENETIC CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF MELANIN PIGMENT IN THE BODY,SKIN, HAIR, EYES
WHAT IS ALBINISM?
SMALL, SOLIDIFIED IMPACTIONS OF OIL WITHOUT CELL MATTER
WHAT IS SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS?
A SMALL ELEVATION ON THE SKIN THAT CONTAINS NO FLUID, MAY DEVELOP PUS
WHAT IS A PAPULE
ACNE-LIKE CONDITION AROUND THE MOUTH CONSISTING MAINLY OF SMALL CLUSTERS OF PAPULES; NOT CONTAGIOUS
WHAT IS PERIORAL DERMATITIS?
BLACK OR DARK PATCHES O THE SKIN ARE USUALLY UNEVEN IN TEXTURE, JAGGED, OR RAISED; 100% FATAL IF LEFT UNTREATED
WHAT IS MALIGNANT MELANOMA?
A FUNGAL CONDITION THAT INHIBITS MELANIN PRODUCTION, CAUSED BY YEAST
WHAT IS TINEA VERSICOLOR?
A SEVERE OILINESS OF THE SKIN; AN ABNORMAL SECRETION FROM SEBACEOUS GLANDS
WHAT IS SEBORRHEA?