| Question |
Answer |
| White line(s) due to acute illness (arsenic poisoning)? |
Mees's Bands |
| Proximal half white, distal half pink, often due renal dysfunction? |
Lindsay's Nails |
| White except for distal tip; seen with cirrhosis? |
Terry's Nails |
| Pulling out and breaking off of hair is called? |
Trichotillomania |
| Flat lesions < 1 cm? |
Macules |
| Flat lesions > 1 cm? |
Patch |
| Solid, raised lesions < 1 cm? |
Papule |
| solid, raised greater than 1 cm but less than 2 cm |
nodule |
| solid, raised greater 2 cm |
tumor |
| raised, surface area large in relation to height greater than 1 cm |
plaque |
| raised, leakage fluid into dermis |
wheal |
| fluid filled, raised, less than 1 cm |
vesicle |
| fluid filled, raised, greater than 1 cm |
bulla |
| raised, less 1 cm filled purulent fluid |
pustule |
| a plug of sebum and keratin in the opening of a hair follicle, the opening can be dilated forming a blackhead, or closed forming a whitehead. |
comedo |
| a channel under the skin produced by a parasite |
burrow |
| raised, encapsulated, in dermis or subcutaneous, filled liquid or semisolid |
cyst |
| accumulation of purulent material in the dermis or subcutaneous |
abcess |
| A necrotizing form of inflammation of a hair follicle |
furuncle |
| A coalescence of several furuncles |
carbuncle |
| keratin filled cysts in distal sweat gland (found in infants in warm weather) |
milia |
| pink or red blanchable discoloration due dilated blood vessels |
erythema |
| non- blanching, less .5 cm intravascular defect |
petechiae |
| non-blanching greater than .5 cm intravascular |
purpura |
| non-blanching due to vascular destruction or vasculitis |
ecchymosis |
| blanchable, red body with radiating legs |
spider angioma |
| non- blanchable, bluish spider |
venous star |
| fine lines due to dilatation of capillaries |
telangiectasia |
| patch due to destruction of capillary |
capillary hemangioma |
| Diffuse or circumscribed hardening of the skin |
sclerosis |
| thinning of the epidermis |
atrophy |
| ring shaped |
annular |
| partial rings |
arcuate |
| circular |
circinate |
| disc shaped without central clearing |
discoid |
| lace like |
reticulated |
| snake like |
serpiginous |
| circle within a circle |
iris |
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