Question | Answer |
burns | tissue injury produced by flame, heat, chemcials, electricity, and gases, and radition |
acne vulgaris | a common inflammatory disorde seen on the face, chest, back and neck, appears, as paules, pustules and comedos, commonly knoen as acne |
carcinoma, basel cell | the ost common maligant tumor of the epthelial tissue, occuring most often on areas of the skin exposed to the sun |
albinism | a condition characterized by absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes |
callus | a common(usually painless) thickening of the epidermis at sites of external pressure of friction, such as the weight-bearing areas of the feet and on the palmar surface of the hands |
eczema | an acute or chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by erythema, papules, vesciles, pustules, scales, crusts, or scabs and accompained by intense itching |
deramtitis | inflammtion of the skin, seen in several forms |
carcinoma, squamous cell | a maligancy of the squamous(or scalelike) cells of the epithelial tissue, which is a much faster growing cancer than basal cell carcinma and which has a greater potential for metastasis if not treated |
gangrene | tissue death due to the loss of adequate blood supply, invasion of bacteria, and subsequent decay of enzymes(especiall proteins)-producing an offensive, foul odor |
exanthmatous viral dieases | a skin eruption or rash accomplained by inflammtion, having specfic diagnostic features of an infections viral diease |
herpes zoster(shingles) | an acute viral infection characterized buy painful visicular eruptions on the skin folowing along the nerve pathways of underlying spinal or cranial nerves |
hyperkeratosis | an overgrowth of the horny layer of the epidermis |
impetigo | contagious superfical skin infection charcterized by serous verciles and pustules filled with milions of staphyloccus or streptoccus bacteria, usaually formng on the face |
Kaposi's sarcoma | vascular maligant lesions that begin as soft purple-brown nodules or p;aques on the face and oral cavity but can occur anywhere on the body, and gradually spread throughtout the skin |
keloid | an enlarged, irregulary shaped, and elevated scar that forms due to the presence of large amounts of collagen during the formation of the scar |
maligant melanoma | maligant skin tumor orginating from melancocytes in preexisting nevi, freckles or skin with pigment, darkly pigmented cancerous tumor |
leukoplakia | white, hard, thinkened patches firmly attached to the mucous membrane in areas such as the mouth, vulva or penis |
actinic keratosis | a premaligant, gray or red to brown, hardend lesion caused by excessive exposure to sunlight |
seborrheic keratosis | appears as brown or waxy yellow wartlike lesion, 5 to 20 mm in diameter, loosely attached to the skin surface |
keratosis | skin condition in which there is a thickening and overgrowth of the cornified epithelium |
nervus | a visual accumaltion of melanocytes, creating a flat or rasied rounded macule or paule with definite borders |
onychoryptosis | ingrown nail, the nail pierces the lateral fold of skin and grows into the demis, causing swelling and pain |
onychomycosis | a fungal infection of the nails |
pediculosis | a highly contagious paractic infestion caused by blood-sucking lice |
pemphigus | a rare incurable disorder manifested by blisters in the mouth and on the skin which spread to invlove large areas of the body, including the chest, face, umbilicus and groin |
pilondial cyst | a closd sac loacted in the saccroccygel area of the back, sometimes noted at birth as a dimple |
psoriasis | a common, noninfections, chronic disorder of the skin manifested by slivery-white scales covering round, raised, reddened plawues producing itching(puritus) |
rosacea | rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin diease that mainly affects the skin of the middle third of the face |
tinea | more commonly known as ringworm,a chornic fungal infection of the skin that is chacerterized by sacling, itching and sometimes painful lesions |
systemic lupus erythematsous | a chronic, multisystem, inflammatory diease characterized by lesions of the nervous system and skin, reneal problems and vasculties |
scleroderma | a gradual thickeing of the dermis and swelling of the hands and feet to a state in which the skin is anchored to the underlying tiisue |
sacbis | a highly contagious parasitic infestion casued by the "human itch mite" resulting in a rash, puritus and a slightly rasied threadlike skin lines |
wart | a benign, circumscribed, elevated skin lesion that results from hypertrophy of the epidermis, caused by the human papiloma virus |
tinea capitis | ringworm of the scalp is more common in children |
tinea corporis | ringworm of the body is characterized by round patches with elevated red borders of pustules, or vesciles that affect the nonhairy skin of the body |
tinea crusis | ringworm of the groin is also known as jock itch |
tinea pedis | ringworm of the foot is also known as athlete's foot |
Wood's lamp | an ultraviolet light used to examine the scalp and skin for the purpose of observing fungal spores |
skin graft | a process of placing tissue on a recipient site, taken from a donor site, to provide the protective mechanisms of skin to an area unable to regenerate skin(as in third-degree burns) |
skin biopsy | the remvoal of a small piece of tissue from a skin lesion for the purpose of examining it under a microscope to confirm or establish a diagnosis |
allergy testing | various procedures used to identify specfic allerfies in an individual by exposing the person to a very small quanti of the allergen |
electrosurgery | the removal or destruction of tissue with an electrical current |
escharotomy | an incision made into the necrotic tissue resultng from a servere burn |
fulguration | a techinque using an electrical spark to burn and destroy tissue, used primarily for the removal of surface lesions |
liposcution | aspiration of fat through a suction cannula or curette to alter the body contours |
cautery | heat or casutic that burns and scars the skin (coagulation of tissue) |
electrodesiccation | a techinque using an electrical spark to burn and destroy tissue, used primarily for the removal of surface lesions |
dermatoplasty | skin transplanation to a body surface damaged by injury or diease |
dermabarasion | removal of the epidermis and a portion of the dermis with sandpaper or brushes to eliminate superficial scars or unwanted tatoos |
debridement | removal of debris, foregin objects, and damaged or necrotic tissue from a wound to prevent infection and to promote healing |
cryosurgery | a noninvasive treatment that uses subfrezzing temperature to frezze and destroy the tissue |
curettage and electrodesiccation | a combination procedure of curettage that invloves scarping away abnormal tissue and electrodesiccation, which involves destroying the tumor base with a low-voltage electrode |