Hair
Generalized hair loss that begins with frontal hairline regression.
What is male pattern baldness?
What is leukonychia?
Where 2 skin areas touch and rub together.
Ring-like central clearing seen with ringworm.
What is annular?
Smooth, raised lesion that is broader than it is thick, with a diameter greater than or equal to 1 cm.
What is plaque?
What is female pattern baldness?
Transverse white lines that disappear with pressure and is seen with Arsenic Poisoning.
What is Mee's Lines?
Skin condition seen in nail beds, fingers, and toes, that is often seen in newborn babies but ultimately works itself out.
What is peripheral cyanosis?
Lesion color stays the same regardless of if pressure is applied or not.
What is non-blanching (purpuric)?
Fluid-filled blister with a diameter greater than or equal to 1 cm.
What is bullae?
This test is performed to see if hair is excessively brittle and breaks off at the shaft.
What is hair tug test?
Transverse depressed ridges resulting from temporary cessation of nail growth.
What is Beau's Lines?
Medical terminology for jaundice/yellow tinge to the eye.
What is Scleral icterus?
This lesion configuration is seen with Scabies.
What is linear?
Generalized blanchable condition due to desquamation.
What is erythroderma?
This condition causes people to pull their hair out and is associated with anxiety or OCD.
What is Trichotillomania?
Nails detach from the nailbed due to loss of supporting structures.
What is Onycholysis?
Condition causing occlusion of blood flow to fingers and/or toes.
Net-like lesion configuration.
What is reticular?
Dilation of small, superficial blood vessels that are blanchable.
Telangiestasia.
Terminology for excessive hair growth.
What is Hirsutism?
Loss of vascularity or increase in connective tissue at nail bed causing nail plate to turn white.
What is Terry's nails?
Causes the top layer of skin to become thick, rough, and leathery in appearance. Usually from excessive scratching.
What is Lichenification?
Snake-like lesion configuration.
What is Serpiginous?
Bright red infection of the skin that is SHARPLY-DEMARCATED.
What is Erysipelas?