8 SECONDARY LESIONS
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| SECONDARY LESIONS |  |
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| CRUST | THICKENED DRIED EXUDATE (DRIED SERUM/BLOOD/PUS) ON TOP OF ORIGINAL LESION (AKA SCAB) HINH MA.T EM BE |
| SCALE | COMPACT FLAKES OF SKIN (PSORIASIS [WHITE-SILVERY], SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS [YELLOW-GREASY], SEBORRHEA [DANDRUFF] |
| FISSURE | LINEAR CRACK (CHEILOSIS [CORNER OF MOUTH, CALLUSED HEELS, TINEA PEDIS [ATHLETES FOOT] - BETWEEN TOES) |
| EROSION | SHALLOW DEPRESSION, MOIST, NO BLEEDING |
| ULCER | DEEP DEPRESSION INTO DERMIS; LEAVES SCAR (STASIS ULCER, PRESSURE SORE) |
| EXCORIATION | SUPERFICIAL ABRASION (DERMATITIS) |
| SCAR | CONNECTIVE TISSUE REPLACING NORMAL TISSUE
1. ATROPHIC SCAR: DEPRESSED SCAR - STRETCH MARKS (STRIAE)
2. HYPERTROPHIC SCAR: EXCESS SCAR TISSUE SECONDARY TO INCREASED COLLAGEN FORMATION (KELOID) |
| LICHENIFICATION | THICKENING OF SKIN (ECZEMA [ATOPIC DERMATITIS]; CHRONIC SUN EXPOSURE) |
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