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Identifying Skin Lesions

This is a guide in identifying skin lesions which we nurses often find confusing. I hope this can help.


macule
· a small spot that is not palpable / elevated and is less than 1 cm in diameter

patch
· a large spot that is not palpable / elevated and that is greater than 1 cm
· may arise through coalescence of macules.

papule
· a small superficial bump (involves epidermis only) that is elevated and that is less than 1 cm

plaque
· a large superficial bump (involves epidermis only) that is elevated and greater than 1 cm
· may arise through coalescence of papules

nodule
· a small bump with a significant deep component (involves epidermis and dermis) and is less than 1 cm

tumor
· a large bump with a significant deep component (involves epidermis and dermis) and is greater than 1 cm

vesicle
· a small fluid-filled bubble that is usually superficial and that is less than 0.5 cm

bulla
· a large fluid-filled bubble that is superficial or deep and that is greater than 0.5 cm

pustule
· pus containing bubble often categorized according to whether or not they are related to hair follicles

cyst
· a sac containing fluid or semisolid material, ie. cell or cell products

scale
· accumulation or excess shedding of the stratum corneum
· typically present where there is epidermal inflammation

crust
· dried exudate (ie. blood, serum, pus) on the skin surface

excoriation
· a loss of skin due to scratching or picking

lichenification
· an increase in skin lines and creases from chronic rubbing

maceration
· raw, wet tissue

fissure
· a linear crack in the skin; often very painful

erosion
· a superficial open wound with loss of epidermis or mucosa only

ulcer
· a deep open wound with partial or complete loss of the dermis or submucosa

wheal or hive
· describes a short lived (less than 24 hours), edematous, well circumscribed papule or plaque seen in urticaria

burrow
· a small threadlike curvilinear papule that is virtually pathognomonic of scabies

comedone
· a small, pinpoint lesion, typically referred to as “whiteheads” or “blackheads”

atrophy
· a thinning of the epidermal and/or dermal tissue

keloid
· overgrows the original wound boundaries and is chronic in nature

hypertrophic scar
· does not overgrow the wound boundaries

fibrosis or sclerosis
· describes dermal scarring/thickening reactions

milium
· a small superficial cyst containing keratin (usually less than 1-2 mm in size)


*adopted from Dr. Arni A. Magdamo

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 1:34 PM |

sabi na parang familiar ung mga definitions / characteristics na given dun sa bawat lesion.. hehe! Kay sir Arni pala galing.. Ang galing nyang lecturer! Xa naglecture nung sa Integumentary tsaka GUT namen sa RUN

Posted by Blogger tin | 8:38 AM  

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