Questions and Answers
What is a comedo?
Which of the following describes hypertrichosis?
What is the main characteristic of an ulcer?
Which term refers to a decrease in skin pigmentation?
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What condition is characterized by a thickening and hardening of the skin?
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Which type of lesion involves erosions caused by scratching or biting?
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What are primary lesions?
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What is the primary cause of leukoderma?
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Which factor does NOT affect melanin pigment production?
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Which of the following describes a macule?
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What characterizes a vesicle?
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Which of the following is true about secondary lesions?
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What type of lesion is a wheal?
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Which lesion is defined as a hardened solid elevation of the skin that usually extends deeper?
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Which of these statements correctly describes a pustule?
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What defines a tumor in the context of skin lesions?
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Study Notes
Factors Causing Skin Injury
- External (exogenous) factors include environmental influences.
- Internal (endogenous) factors arise from within the body.
Types of Skin Lesions
- Primary lesions: Direct results of disease, crucial for diagnosis.
- Secondary lesions: Evolve from primary lesions, usually less diagnostically significant.
Primary Skin Lesions
- Macule: Discolored area, ≤ 1 cm; example: lentigo, a benign hyperpigmentation.
- Papule: Small, round, solid elevation, ≤ 1 cm in size.
- Plaque: Larger, flat-topped solid elevation of the skin.
- Nodule: Hard elevation, ≥ 1 cm, extends into deeper skin layers.
- Vesicle: Circumscribed elevation of < 1 cm filled with clear fluid.
- Bulla: Larger vesicle (> 1 cm) containing fluid within the epidermis.
- Tumor: Large mass implicating neoplasia, affecting skin or subcutis.
- Cyst: Epithelial-lined cavity with fluid or solid material.
- Pustule: Small, pus-filled elevation of the epidermis.
- Abscess: Accumulation of pus within epidermis or hair follicle.
- Wheal: Smooth, well-defined elevation from dermal edema, commonly seen in allergic reactions.
Secondary Skin Lesions
- Scale: Accumulation of flakes or dandruff on the skin surface.
- Crust: Dried exudate, blood, or serum accumulation.
- Comedo: Dilated hair follicle filled with cornified cells; often seen in conditions like hyperadrenocorticism.
Hair Abnormalities
- Alopecia: Loss of hair.
- Hypotrichosis: Less hair than normal.
- Atrichia: Absence of hair due to failure of development.
- Effluvium/defluxion: Excessive shedding.
- Hypertrichosis (hirsutism): More hair than usual; can be due to endocrine disorders.
Epidermal Pigmentation Alterations
- Hyperpigmentation: Increased melanin production, often due to inflammation or genetics.
- Hypopigmentation: Reduced melanin, can be congenital or due to melanocyte dysfunction.
- Pigmentation incontinence: Loss of melanin from the basal epidermis.
Secondary Lesion Characteristics
- Epidermal collarette: Circular rim of keratin flakes after vesicle/pustule loss.
- Ulcer: Break in the epidermis, exposing underlying dermis.
- Excoriation: Erosions or ulcers from scratching or trauma.
- Scar: Fibrous tissue replacing damaged skin.
- Fissure: Linear cracks in thickened, inelastic skin.
- Lichenification: Thickening and hardening of skin with visible superficial markings.
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Explore the various portals of entry into the skin and understand the factors that can cause skin injury. This quiz delves into the gross morphology of skin lesions, distinguishing between primary and secondary lesions. Gain insight into the relationship between skin lesions and underlying disease processes.
