Skin Lesion Guide - Atlas

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 Skin Lesion Guide

✔Bulla
Circumscribed collection of free fluid, >1 cm
✔Macule
Circular flat discoloration, <1 cm brown, blue, red or hypopigmented .
✔Nodule
Circular, elevated, solid lesion, >1cm
✔Patch
Circumscribed flat discoloration, >1cm
✔Pustule
Vesicle containing pus (inflammatory cells) .
✔Plaque
Superficial elevated solid flat topped lesion, >1 cm
✔Papule
Superficial solid elevated, ≤0.5 cm, color varies
✔Vesicle
Circular collection of free fluid, ≤1 cm
✔Wheal
Edematous, transitory plaque, may last few hours
✔Crust
Dried serum or exudate on skin
✔Scale
Epidermal thickening; consists of flakes or plates of compacted desquamated layers of stratum corneum
✔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 to the dermis
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lesions: are structural changes in the tissues cause by damage or injury Signs: any mark, wound, or abnormally is described as a lesión

Skin Lesion Guide - Atlas
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Nursing Dermatology: Lesions of the Skin Cheat Sheet for NCLEX A skin lesion is a part of the skin that has an abnormal appearance compared to the skin around it. Description of Skin Lesions and Dermatologic Disorders