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Rash descriptions Flashcards

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What is the mnemonic for describing a rash?

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Never Mind - See it (S x 3), Cut it (C x 3), Treat it (T x3)

N - number
M - morphology

Size
Shape
Site

Colour
Contour
Consistency

Transiluminance
Tender
Temperature

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What do you call a flat lesion under 1cm

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Macule

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What do you call a flat lesion over 1cm

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PATCH

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What do you call a raised superficial lesion? What size is this normally?

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Plaque - over 1cm, not deep, broader than it is thick

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What do you call a small projection from the skin? Another name for this?

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Papilloma - skin tag

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What do you call a bumpy rash with fluid inside, under 1cm

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Vesicle

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What do you call a bumpy rash with fluid inside, over 1cm

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Bulla

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What do you call a bumpy rash with pus inside, under 1cm

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Pustule

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What do you call a bumpy rash with pus inside, over 1cm

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Abscess

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Bump rash - 4 name options

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Pustule vs abscess (size + pus filled)
Vesicle vs bulla (size)

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What is a papule?

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Elevated solid lesion under 1cm

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If it’s elevated, what four words could it be?

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Plaque (e.g. in psoriasis)
Papilloma ?more superficial
Papule (solid elevated lesion under 1cm)
Nodule (solid elevated lesion over 1cm, deeper in the skin)

PPPeeNis = elevated like an erection

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What word can be used to describe rashes mixing?

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Coalescing

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What word can be used to describe a compressible fading area due to dermal oedema?

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Wheal

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What is the name for age related moles?

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Seborrheic keratosis

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Sebhorroeic keratosis - description

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Stuck on warts

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An SCC can be described as keratotic. What does this mean?

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There is a horny scale aka one patch where there is a build up of keratin.

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Where is keratin made?

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Keratinocytes in stratum basale layer

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What is the name for moist skin?

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Maceration

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What is the name for warty skin?

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Verrucous

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What do you call it when skin is peeling in scales?

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Desquamation

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What do you call it when there are silvery flakes?

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What do you call it when there is a powdery scale?

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Pityriasiform

24
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What do you call it when skin is peeling?

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Name four types of secondary changes
Excoriation Lichenification Fissure Prurigo
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What is excoriation?
When itching has caused secondary bleeding
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What is lichenification?
When the skin has thickened due to severe itching
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What is a fissure?
Secondary cracks in skin due to dryness
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What is prurigo?
Bumps that occur on the skin due to itching
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If something is on the inside of the elbow, how would you describe this site? Where would it be on the knee?
Flexor Back of knee
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If something is on the outside of the elbow, how would you describe this site? Where would it be on the knee?
Extensor Front of knee
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How would you call something found on distal extremities e.g. palms and feet?
Acral
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What do you call something found near hair follicles?
Follicular
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What do you call it if a rash occurs along embryonic growth lines?
BLASCHKO
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What condition can occur in a blaschko pattern?
Lichen planus
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What do you call a post injury rash?
Kobner phenomenon
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What do you call something that looks like vesicles?
Herpeticum
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What do you call something that is in the webs of fingers?
Interdigital
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What do you call the areas where you sweat?
Sebum areas
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What do you call it if there is a rash forming in sweaty areas?
Seborrhoeic
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What do you call it when skin touches skin?
Intertriginous areas
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What do you call it if there is an area of central clearing on a rash?
Annular
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What do you call it if a rash resembles droplets?
Guttate
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What do you call it if a rash resembles finger like projections?
Digitate
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What do you call it if a rash looks snake like?
Serpiginous
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What do you call it if 90% of the skin is coloured in red rashes?
Erythoderma
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What do you call it when you can see tiny blood vessels? How much is normal?
Telangiectasia - up to 5 is normal
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What do you call it when there is bleeding into skin?
Purpura
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What infection causes a purpuric rash?
Meningococcal infection
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What do you call it when someone has injured themselves and then they bleed?
Haematoma
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What do you call net like rash?
Reticular
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What do you call a rash that resembles a coin?
Discoid.
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Name some poly words
Polymorphic Polygonal Multitonal Bitonal Uninform Hyper/hypopigmented

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