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WVSOM Class of 2012 Skin

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