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=Common terms= | =Common terms= | ||
==Clinical descriptors== | |||
There are multitude of clinical descriptors - common ones are:<ref>URL: [http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/education/derm/text.html http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/education/derm/text.html]. Accessed on: 18 September 2012.</ref> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! '''Name''' | |||
! '''Size''' | |||
! '''Description''' | |||
! '''Other''' | |||
! '''Image''' | |||
|- | |||
| Macule | |||
| <= 1 cm | |||
| flat, change of colour | |||
| > 1 cm -> patch | |||
| image | |||
|- | |||
| Papule | |||
| < 1 cm | |||
| raised | |||
| dome-shape, flat-topped, ubmlicated, +/- crust, +/- scale | |||
| image | |||
|- | |||
| Nodule | |||
| > 1 cm | |||
| raised lesion | |||
| may be epidermal, dermal or subcutaneous | |||
| image | |||
|- | |||
| Plaque | |||
| > 1 cm | |||
| raised, flat-top | |||
| plateau-like | |||
| image | |||
|- | |||
| Vesicle | |||
| < 1 cm | |||
| raised, fluid filled | |||
| > 1 cm --> bulla | |||
| image | |||
|- | |||
| Bulla | |||
| > 1 cm | |||
| raised, fluid filled | |||
| < 1 cm --> vesicle | |||
| image | |||
|} | |||
==Histologic descriptors== | |||
Dermatopathology doesn't have intuitive terms, e.g. thickening of the stratum spinosum isn't ''spinosum hyperplasia''. The terms have to committed to memory. | Dermatopathology doesn't have intuitive terms, e.g. thickening of the stratum spinosum isn't ''spinosum hyperplasia''. The terms have to committed to memory. | ||
*Acanthosis = thickening of the prickle layer (stratum spinosum) of epidermis.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis]</ref> | *Acanthosis = thickening of the prickle layer (stratum spinosum) of epidermis.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acanthosis]</ref> | ||