12 PRIMARY LESIONS (FLAT, RAISED, FLUID FILLED (RAISED))

Hide All  Show All  Shuffle    Help   Primary Lesions RAISED LESIONS FLAT LESIONS FLUID FILLED (RAISED) Macule     Flat, circumscribed, discolored, <1cm For example: freckles, flat nevi, petechia     PATCH     flat, irregular, >1cm (vitiligo)     PAPULE   SOLID, ELEVATED, CIRCUMSCRIBED <1CM E.G.RAISED NEVUS, WART [VERRUCA] HINH NGON TAY       PLAQUES   COALESCED (GROUPING TOGETHER) PAPULES, >1CM (PSORIASIS)       NODULE   SOLID, ELEVATED, 1-2CM (LIPOMA = FATTY GROWTH)       TUMOR   LARGER THAN A FEW CENTIMETERS, FIRM OR SOFT (LIPOMA - FAT TUMOR) DOESNT MEAN CANCER, TUMOR CAN BE BENIGN OR MAGLINANT       WHEAL   SUPERFICIAL, RAISED, ERYTHEMATOUS, IRREGULAR (ALLERGIC REASTION, PPD, MOSQUITO BITE) - CAUSES INTERSTITIAL EDEMA <1CM       URTICARIA (HIVES)   WHEALS COALESCE TO FORM EXTENSIVE REACTION; INTENSELY PRURITIC, >1CM       VESICLE       ELEVATED CAVITY WITH CLEAR LIQUID, <1CM (HERPES CIMPLEX, VARICELLA [CHICKEN POX], HERPES ZOSTER [SHINGLES], CONTACT DERMATITIS [E.G., POISON IVY] .. MUN COC NHO   BULLA       ELEVATED CAVITY WITH FLUID, >1CM (CLISTER, BURNS).... MUN COC BU   PUSTULE       CONTAINS PUS, FILLED WITH LEUKOCYTES, NOT NECESSARILY INFECTED (ACNE) ... CREAMY   CYST       ENCAPSULATED FLUID FILLED CAVITY IN DERMIS OR SUB-Q (SEBACEOUS CYST) IF DEEP, MAY BE HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM A NODULE OR TUMOR (E.G. BREAST CYST VERSUS TUMOR)   Hide All  Show All  Shuffle Notes Flashcards StudyStack Study Table Matching Hangman Crossword Unscramble Type In Bug Match Targets Export Print Edit Email Hmm...