Vascular terms for podiatrists
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| Atrophy | Wasting or reduction in size
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| Bullae | Large blister or vesicle
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| Cellulitis | Sub-cutaneous bacterial infection esp St aureus or St. pyogenes
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| Crust | Outer layer or coating from dried pus, serum or blood
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| Cyanosis | Blue colouration
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| Cyst | Abnormal closed epitherial lined cavity fluid or semi-solid
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| Depigmentation | Reduction of pigment or loss
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| Fissure | Cleft or groove, linear crack
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| Haemociderosis | Increased brown pigmentation caused by iron leaving tissues
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| Hyperkeratosis | Increased keratin in skin - corns and callus
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| Hyperpigmentation | Above normal pigment in the skin
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| Hypopigmentation | Below normal pigment in skin
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| Lichenification | Hyperkeratosis of skin caused by chronic inflammation. Scale like appearance
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| Macule | Flat discoloured area, non-palpable.
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| Erosion | Shallow or superficial ulceration
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| Erythema | Redness of skin
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| Pallor | Pale skin
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| Papule | Small solid palpable elevation of skin, doesn't contain pus. <5mm
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| Plaque | Superficial solid elevated skin lesion which is flat topped
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| Pustule | Small inflamed swelling that is filled with pus
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| Rubor | Redness - sign of inflammation
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| Scale | Thin flake of cornified epithelial cells
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| Scar | Cicatrix, fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue
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| Slough | Layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue
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| Telangectasia | Permanent dilation of pre-existing blood vessels causing elevated dark blotches on skin
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| Ulcer | Local defect or excavation of surface produced by sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue
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| Lesion | Pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of tissue
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| Nodule | Small mass of palpable tissue >5mm (large papule)
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| Necrosis | Localised tissue death
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| Vesicle | Serous containing elevation in epidermis, a small blister <5mm
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| Wheal | Smooth red or pale raised area of skin
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| Blister | localised swelling containing serous fluid
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