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The complete absence of melanin pigment in patchy areas of white or light skin on the:
- face
- neck
- hands
- feet
- body folds
- aroudn orifices
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| Mnemonic for abnormal characteristics of pigmented lesions |
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- A-asymmetrical
- b-order irregularity
- c-olor variation
- d-iameter greater than 6 mm (pencil eraser)
- E-levation or enlargement
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Juctional vs. compund?
(nevus or nevi) |
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Junctional
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Compound
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Macular
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Macular and papular
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| Ashen grey color in dark skin or marked pallor occurs in what disorders? |
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- anemia
- shock
- aterial insufficiency
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| hypoxemia and occurs with shock, heart failure, chronic bronchitis, and congenital heart failure |
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| jaundice occurs with what? |
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| hepatitis, cirrhosis, sickle-cell disease, transfusion reaction, and hemolytic disease of the newborn |
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| accompany jaundice in light- and dark-skinned people |
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| light or gray colored stool and dark golden urine |
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| occurs with thyrotoxicosis and with stimualtion of the nervous system with anxiety or pain |
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| skin feels smoother and softer, like velvet. |
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| skin feels rough, dry, and flaky |
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| edema that consider a local or peripheral cause |
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| edema that is generalized over the whole body |
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| bilateral edema (anasarca) |
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