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How do you describe a lesion?
Texture of Skin Lesions Verrucous lesions have an irregular, pebbly, or rough surface. Examples include warts and seborrheic keratoses . Lichenification is thickening of the skin with accentuation of normal skin markings; it results from repeated scratching or rubbing.
What are four terms to describe skin lesions?
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- Macule – flat lesion less than 1 cm, without elevation or depression.
- Patch – flat lesion greater than 1 cm, without elevation or depression.
- Plaque – flat, elevated lesion, usually greater than 1 cm.
- Papule – elevated, solid lesion less than 1 cm.
How would you describe primary skin lesions?
Primary lesions, which are associated with specific causes on previously unaltered skin, occur as initial reactions to the internal or external environment. Vesicles, bullae, and pustules are formed by fluid within skin layers. Nodules, tumors, papules, wheals, and plaques are palpable, elevated, solid masses.
How do you describe the shape of a lesion?
ASYMMETRIC – Unequal shape from side to side. CEREBRIFORM – Resembling the convolutions of the brain surface. CIRCUMSCRIBED – Limited or confined, bounded by a line. CRATERIFORM – A bowl-shaped cavity.
How do you describe OSCE skin lesions?
Primary lesions Macule: a flat area of altered colour less than 1.5cm in diameter. Patch: a flat area of altered colour greater than 1.5cm in diameter. Papule: a solid raised palpable lesion less than 0.5cm in diameter. Nodule: a solid raised palpable lesion greater than 0.5cm in diameter.
What do benign skin lesions look like?
It typically presents as asymptomatic, slowly enlarging, well-demarcated, irregular, skin colored to pink or brown, patches or scaly plaques. Lesions often reach several centimeters in diameter and may occur on any mucocutaneous surface, favoring the head, neck, and extremities.
What are the different types of skin lesions?
Primary skin lesions:the initial recognizable skin lesion or basic skin changes (macule, papule, patch, plaque, vesicle, bulla, nodule, tumor, pustule, wheal, cyst, telangiectasia) Purpura: larger (>5mm) hemorrhagic (red-purple) non-blanchable discolorations (<5mm ď petechiae) (vasculitis, Henoch Schonlein purpura)
What should a primary care nurse know about skin lesions?
Primary care nurses should document any skin changes or concerns about new or existing skin lesions, and it is useful for them to know terminology used to describe skin changes.
Do you know the language of skin diagnosis?
The diagnosis of any skin lesion starts with an accurate description of it. To do that, you need to know how to describe a lesion with the associated language. This language, reviewed here, can be used to describe any skin finding.
What’s the difference between a rash and dermatosis?
A rash is a widespread eruption of lesions. Dermatosis is a generic term for a disease of the skin. When examining the skin, a dermatologist assesses distribution, morphology and arrangement of skin lesions: their number, size and colour, which sites are involved, their symmetry,…