PRIMARY
What is PLAQUE
SOLID FORMATION ABOVE THE SKIN, OFTEN CAUSED BY AN INSECT BITE OR ALLERGIC REACTION
What is WHEAL
DRIED MASS THAT REMAINS OF AN OOZING SORE (EX: ECZEMA, SCAB)
What is CRUST
SMALL ELEVATED GROWTH ON SKIN
What is SKIN TAG OR ACROCHORDON
THREAD-LIKE RED LINES OR PATTERNS ON THE SKIN
What are TELANGIECTASIA (EX: DILATED CAPILLARIES, ROSACEA)
A FLAT DISCOLORATION, LESS THAN 1 CM WITH NO CHANGE IN TEXTURE
What is a MACULE
ABNORMAL MEMBRANOUS SAC CONTAINING A LIQUID OR SEMI-SOLID SUBSTANCE (EX: GRADE IV ACNE)
What is CYST
MECHANICAL ABRASION OF EPIDERMIS OR INJURY INTO THE EPIDERMIS (EX: DEEP SCRATCH, ABRASION, ACNE EXCORIEE)
What is EXCORIATION
BUILD UP OF CELLS ON THE EPIDERMIS
What is KERATOSIS PILARIS
RASH OF PURPLE SPOTS WITHIN THE SKIN DUE TO SMALL CAPILLARY BLEEDING
What are PURPURA (EX: THROMBOCYTOPENIA 'DEFICIENCY OF PLATELETS WITHIN THE BLOOD')
HARDENED, COLORED ELEVATION OF THE SKIN WITH NO PUS OR FLUID PRESENT
What is PAPULE
LIKE VESICLES BUT LARGER WITH DERMAL INVOLVEMENT (EX: SECOND-DEGREE BURN)
What is BULLA (PLURAL: BULLAE)
SHEDDING OF DEAD SKIN CELLS OF THE UPPERMOST LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS (EX: PSORIASIS)
What are SCALES
COMMON PRE-MALIGNANT GROWTHS
What is ACTINIC KERATOSIS
SMALL RED SPOTS WITHIN THE SKIN CAUSED BY BLOOD CELLS RUPTURING
What is PETECHIAE (EX: THROMBOCYTOPENIA 'LOW BLOOD PLATELETS')
SMALL ELEVATION OF SKIN SIMILAR TO A VESICLE IN SIZE AND SHAPE BUT CONTAINING PUS
What is PUSTULE
LIKE A PAPULE BUT LARGER WITH DERMAL PENETRATION (EX: LARGE SEBACEOUS CYST, NODULAR MELANOMA)
What is NODULE
THE LAYER OF SKIN THAT CALLUSES OR CORNS ARE PART OF
What is STRATUM CORNEUM
COMMON WART-LIKE GROWTH
What is SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS
DISCOLORATION CAUSED BY BLEEDING WITHIN THE DERMIS
WHAT IS ECCHYMOSIS (EX: BRUISING)
SMALL FLUID-FILLED SAC THAT DEVELOPS UNDER THE EPIDERMIS
What is a VESICLE
KNOWN AS NEOPLASM, ABNORMAL MASS OF TISSUE IN THE SKIN THAT CAN BE FLUID-FILLED OR SOLID (EX: HEMANGIOMAS, SKIN CANCER)
What is a TUMOR
CRACK IN THE SKIN (EX: ACUTE ECZEMA, TEAR, OPEN SKIN, CHAPPED LIPS)
What is FISSURE
SMALL DARK BUMPS THAT OCCUR ON FACE AND NECK
What is DERMATOSIS PAPULOSA NIGRA
APPEARS LARGER AND DARKER THAN FRECKLE, AKA LIVER SPOTS
WHAT IS SOLAR LENTIGO