Skin Lesion Cheat Sheet PDF

## Types of Skin Lesion Cheat Sheet | Name | Description | |-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Bulla...

## Types of Skin Lesion Cheat Sheet | Name | Description | |-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Bulla | Circumscribed collection of free fluid > 1 cm | | Macule | Circular flat discoloration < 1cm brown, blue, red or hypopigmented | | Nodule | Circular, Elevated, Solid Lesion > 1 cm | | Patch | Circumscribed Flat Discoloration > 1cm | | Papule | Superficial solid elevated, ≤ 0.5 cm; color varies | | Plaque | Superficial elevated solid flat topped lesion > 1 cm | | Pustule | Vesicle containing puss (inflammatory cells) | | Vesicle | Circular collection of free fluid ≤ 1 cm | | Wheal | Edematous, transitory, plaque, may last few hours | | Scale | Epidermal thickening; consists of flakes of plates of compacted desquameted layers of stratum corneum| | Crust | Dried serum or Eexudate on skin | | Fissure | Crack or split | | Excoriation | Linear erosion | | Erosion | Loss of epidermis superficial; part or all of the epidermis has been lost | | Lichenification | Thickening of the epidermis seen with exaggeration of Normal skin lines | | Scar | Thickening; permanent fibrotic changes that occur on the skin following damage of the epidermis |