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Primary skin lesions
- Macule
- Patch
- Papule
- Plaque
- Nodule
- Tuber
- Tumor
- Wheals
- Vesicles
- Bulla
- Cysts
- Pustules
Both primary or secondary skin lesions
- Alopecia
- Scales
- Crusts
- Comedons
- Follicular casts
- Hypo / Hyper pigmentation
Secondary skin lesions
- Collarette
- excoriation
- erosion
- Ulcer
- scar
- fissura
- lichenification
- callus
- Necrosis
Skin swellings
- oedema
- emphysema
- haematoma
- tumor
macule
color change
no elevation
smaller than 1 cm
vitiligo
hyper hypo pigmentation (post trauma)
petechia/echymosis/suffusion
Patch
color change
no elevation
larger than 1 cm
erythema
papule
small solid elevation
smaller than 1 cm
scabies
folliculitis
plaque
group of papules
cats eosinophil granuloma complex
nodule
small solid elevation (papule)
larger than 1 cm
deeper in skin layers
tuber (fibrin deposit)
tumor (lipoma/fibroma/melanoma)
wheals
circumscribed skin elevation
blanch on diascopy
urticaria
vesicles and bulla
circumscribed skin elevation filled with fluid
smaller or larger than 1cm respectively
shar pei increased mucin levels
auto immune diseases
cysts
epithelium lined cavity
containing : fluid /sebecea/dried material
pustules
small road skin elevations filled with pus
larger = abscess
Primary secondary alopecia
primary = hypothyroidism secondary = chronic inflammation/allergies
scales
loose keratine scales
chronic inflammation
stress
crusts
dried exudate/pus/blood
pyoderma
scabies
zinc responsive dermatitis
comedons
keratin and sebum in a dilated hair follicle
feline acne
Cushing
secondary to corticosteroids
follicular cast
accumulation of keratin around hair shaft
demodex
hypo pigmentation
vitiligo
after trauma
hyper pigmentation
endocrine
after trauma
colarette
used to be a vesicle/bulla/papule that ruptured
spreading at borders
healing in center
bull’s eye
excoriation
ulcer caused by scratching
pruritus and secondary bacterial infections
erosion
after vesicle rupture
shallow
heals without scar
ulcer
deep break in epidermis
edge thicker or necrotic
scar production
deep pyoderma
auto immune diseases