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•Diminished or arrested action of the sebaceous glands.
-any disease in which persistent dry scaling of the skin suggests scantiness or absence of sebum |
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| Asymptomatic purpuric macules (ecchymoses) round to oval in shape and resulting from blood vessel fragility. |
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| result of dermal atrophy from chronic sun-exposure and/or increasing age that facilitates tearing of small blood vessels. The ecchymoses are typically confined to the dorsal hands and forearms. |
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| Brownish spots on the face, neck or back of hands in older people |
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| raised growths on the skin. There may be just one or clusters of dozens. They are usually start off light tan, and then may darken to dark brown or nearly black. They may be oval spots a fraction of an inch across, or form long Christmas tree like patterns on the torso inches long. |
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| The consistent feature of seborrheic keratoses is |
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| their waxy, pasted-on or stuck-on look |
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| A small (< 5 millimeter), red-to-purple, dome-shaped papule usually located on the trunk. benign neoplasms of capillaries that do not blanch. They are common and usually appear in mid to late adulthood, generally increasing in number with increasing age. |
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| 3 main categories of primary skin lesions |
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1. Flat, non-palpable
2. Elevated palpable
3. Elevated, fluid within a cavity |
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| Give 2 examples of flat, non-palpable primary skin lesions |
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Macule < 1 cm. in size
Ex.: freckles, petechia, nevi(flat moles)
Patch > 1 cm. in size
Ex.: vitiligo |
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| Which is bigger a patch or a macule? |
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| What kind of diseases can macules be seen in? |
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| Measles, Scarlet Fever, drug rxns |
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| give 3 examples of patches |
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-Port wine stains
-Mongolian spots
-Café au lait |
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| Elevated palpable lesions |
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Papule <0.5 cm
Plaque > 0.5 cm
Nodule 0.5 – 1-2 cm.
Tumor > 1-2 cm.
Wheal (urticaria, hive |
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| Which is bigger, a papule or a plaque? |
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| Elevated moles (nevi), Warts, and Acne are examples of |
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| Give 2 examples of Plaques |
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-Psoriasis
-Seborrheic and actinic keratosis |
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| Von Recklinghausen's is a |
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| benign tumor-neurofibromatosis |
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| A papule or plaque of dermal edema |
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