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Small (<1cm in diameter);
well defined border;flan and nopalpable on skin surface, no color change
eg; freckle, some skin rashes |
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Small (<0.5 cm diameter);
palpable, elevated solid tissue
eg; mole, wart |
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Slightley irregular in shape; transient superficial elevated area of localized edema
eg; hive, insect bite |
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Small (<0.5 cm diameter) well-defined border; elevated cavity filled with pus
eg; blister, chickenpox, herpes simplex |
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well defined border; elevated superificial cavity fill with pus
eg; acne lesion, impetigo |
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linear crack in skin
eg; cracked lips, fungal infection such as athlete's foot |
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| Loss of top layers of skin tissue (dermis/epedermis), may bleed or scar. |
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Small (<2 cm diameter); well-defined border, palpable elevated mass
eg; fatty tumor, cyst, localized scar tissue |
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Over 1-2 cm in diameter; irregular border, palpable elevated mass
eg; larger lipoma or mailgnancy |
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| Circumscribed fluid-filled elevation of the skin >0.5cm filled with serous fluid |
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| abcess larger than boil, usually more than one opening draining puss onto the skin |
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dried residue of serum, pus, or blood
e.g. impetigo |
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| thickened and roughened epidermis |
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| Collection of blood in SQ tissue, causing purplish discoloration. |
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| Uncurable, flaky skin lesion |
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| Abnormal hard spot larger than a nodule |
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| localized overgrowth of skin |
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| Blanchable reddened area of skin usually caused by excessive moisture |
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| firm, round skin smaller than induration |
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| pinhead - <1cm no visble fluid, varying in color |
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| Itchy, often silvery white skin lesion. Autuimmune disorder. |
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| Visibly thickened stratum corneum |
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| Lesions run together; joined |
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| More than one kind of lesion |
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| snakelike or creeping eruption |
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| an abraded area where skin is torn or worn off |
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Asymmetry
Boarder: irregular or poorly circumscribed
Color: varied
Diameter: >6cm |
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