What you see is what you get...
A circumscribed flat area (< 1.0 cm) of discoloration without elevation or depression of surface relative to surrounding skin
What is a macule?
Loss of superficial layers of upper epidermis by wearing away as from friction or pressure. i.e. following rupture of vesicle/bulla
What is erosion?
Coin shaped lesion without central clearing
What is nummular?
Scaly, pruritic papules and plaques often found on flexural surfaces
What is atopic dermatitis?
Type of dermatologic procedure that requires the use of sterile technique to remove a lesion in the deep dermis or subcuticular fat
What is excisional biopsy?
A elevated, firm, palpable, circumscribed, solid lesion, deeper in the dermis (>1.0 cm)
What is a nodule?
Complete loss of the epidermis in addition to part of the dermis. Concave, variable in size. i.e. decubiti
What is an ulcer?
Elevated, irregular shaped area of cutaneous edema
What is a wheal?
Lesions are often found in a grouped configuration of 3 or 4 blanching, erythematous papules
What are bed bug bites?
A biopsy technique that removes benign superficial lesions that extend to the mid-lower dermis
What is a shave biopsy?
A raised, circumscribed lesion (> 1 cm) containing fluid or blood above the dermis
What is a bulla?
Sharply-defined, linear or wedge-shaped crack in the epidermis to dermis
What is a fissure?
Round, active margins with central clearing
What is annular?
Mites that typically burrow in the interdigital spaces
What is scabies?
A cost-effective method for the detection of superficial fungal skin infections
What is a KOH prep?
Eschar
What is a black, hard, crust resulting from tissue necrosis?
Scar
What is the term used to describe areas of fibrous or granulation tissue that replace normal skin/tissue after injury or laceration to dermis?
Reticular
What is the term used to describe the meshed, net-like pattern?
Dyshidrotic dermatitis
What is characterized by chronic, relapsing eruptions of small, deep-seated vesicles along the sides of fingers, hands or feet?
Wood's Light Examination
What is a dermatologic diagnostic tool that utilizes ultraviolet light to detect certain pigment disorders or infections?
Patch
What is a term to describe an area (> 1 cm) that is flat, non-palpable and irregularly shaped
Lichenification
What is a term used to describe rough, thickened epidermis, often on the flexor surfaces, caused by chronic rubbing/itching/scratching?
Serpiginous
What is the term to describe a wave or snake-like lesion?
Prurigo nodularis
Intensely, pruritic, chronic dermatitis that is the result of the itch-scratch cycle?
Electrodessication
What is a dermatologic procedure used to destroy tissue in superficial benign or malignant tumors and to control bleeding after biopsies?