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1
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What are nonpalpable, flat changes in skin color; small, ≤ 1 cm?

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Macules

2
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What are nonpalpable, flat changes in skin color; larger, > 1 cm?

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Patches

3
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What are palpable, elevated solid masses; small, ≤ 0.5 cm?

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Papules

4
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What are palpable, elevated solid masses; larger, > 0.5 cm (can be a coalescence of papules)?

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Plaques

5
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What are palpable, elevated solid masses; 0.5-2.0 cm (deeper and firmer than papule)?

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Nodules

6
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What are palpable, elevated solid masses nodule > 2 cm?

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Tumors

7
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What are palpable, elevated solid masses localized skin edema, irregular, transient, superficial, variable size?

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Wheals

8
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What are superficial elevations formed by fluid within a cavity or between tissue layers ≤ 0.5 cm (serous filled)?

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Vesicles

9
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What are superficial elevations formed by fluid within a cavity or between tissue layers vesicle > 0.5 cm?

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Bullae

10
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What are superficial elevations formed by fluid w/in cavity or between tissue layers any size, filled with purulent?

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Pustules

11
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What does DERMATOLOGICAL stand for?

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D: Describe integrity
E: Edema
R: Review sensory status
M: Moisture
A: Atrophic changes
T: Turgor, texture
O: Observe nail and hair quality
L: Look and feel for color and temperature variation
O: Observe skin folds and between toes
G: Gerontodermatological changes
I: Inquire about allergies and PMH
C: Callus
A: Assess vascular status
L: Lesions
12
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What is is called when skin is thickened?

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lichenification

13
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What are pruritic edematous pink or red wheals; “hives”. Can be acute or chronic and are commonly associated with foods, medications, exposure to allergens, or chemicals.

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Urticaria

14
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What is chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease that has an unknown causes and tends to cause round, erythematous, dry, scaling plaques covered by silvery white scales

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Psoriasis

15
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What is is when patients present with xerosis, poorly defined patches/papules/plaques with out without scales, kins appears edematous, excoriations due to pruritis/constant scratching?

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Eczema (endogenous)

16
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What is similar to eczema but exogenous?

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Dermatitis

17
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What does ABCDE stand for?

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Asymmetrical, Border, Color, Diameter, Elevation or Evolution

18
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What is the most common benign epithelial tumor?

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Seborrheic keratosis

19
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What is another name for cutaneous papillomas or fibromas?

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Skin tags

20
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What are button-like nodules, commonly found on extremities, that present with a positive “dimple sign”?

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Dermatofibroma

21
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What is the most common type of skin cancer that presents as small, pink or flesh colored nodules that enlarge over time?

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Basal cell carcinoma

22
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What is a malignant tumor of the outer epidermis that presents as scaly, elevated lesions with irregular borders and shallow central ulcers?

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Squamous cell carcinoma

23
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What is a rapidly progressing metastatic melanocyte cancer that presents with irregular borders, uneven surfaces, and black or brown is a red/inflamed/tender surrounding area?

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Malignant melanoma

24
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What is a malignancy of cells lining blood vessels that is linked with herpes virus and HIV that beings as an ecchymotic-like macule and evolves into papules, plaques, nodules, and tumors of varying colors?

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Kaposi’s sarcoma