Follicular Glandular Pigmentation Disorders, Skin Tumors
Terms
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- inflammatory disorder of sebaceous glands and hair follicles
- acne vulgaris
- plug of keratin or sebum in a hair follicle blackheads whiteheads
- comedo
- excessive growth of hair on women and children
- hirsutism
- hair loss on scalp eyebrows eyelashes
- alopecia
- skin eruption producing dilation of blood vessels on face nose cheeks
- rosacea
- white skin patches destruction of pigment cells
- vitiligo
- skin eruption toxic or allergic reaction to light
- photosensitivity reactions
- describing inflammation of the skin
- dermatitis
- chronic genetic noncontagious skin disorder that can affect any part of the body
- psoriasis
- the general term encompassing various inflamed skin conditions
- eczema
- atopic dermatitis
- eczema
- acute short lived inflammatory skin disease with papules
- pityriasis rocea
- brown patchy hypermelanotic skin disorder on forehead cheeks and near nose
- melasma
- what is impetigo?
- skin infection
- where does impetigo usually infect?
- around the mouth and nose mainly but on any other part of the body too
- What is the cause of impetigo?
- Group A streptococcus or Staphylococcus
- angioma
- tumor like mass formed by dilated blood vessels
- spider angioma
- tiny dilated veins that spread outward in a spiderlike appearance
- another name for spider angioma
- talangiectases
- corns
- usually result from external pressure like ill fitting shoes
- callous
- area of thickened skin produced by external pressure or friction
- keloid
- thickened scar tissue
- cicatrix
- normal scar tissue
- keratosis
- thickened area of the epidermis
- leukoplakia
- white thickened patches on mucuos membrane tissue of cheek or tongue
- nevos
- pigmented tissue of the skin benign mole
- verruca
- epidermal growth wart
- basal cell carcinoma
- malignant tumor of the epidermis most common almost never fatal
- malignant melanoma
- skin cancer attributed to sunburns appearing on upper back lower legs head and neck
- squamas cell carcinoma
- malignant type of cancer begins in epidermis produces firm nodular lesion with crust or ulceration
- cancerous lesions
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basal cell carcinoma
malignant melanoma
squamas cell carcinoma - nevus
- pigmented lesion of the skin benign mode