vitiligo Correct Answer-acquired condition that results in loss of
pigment in certain areas of the skin
ABCDEF Correct Answer-asymmetry, border(scalloped/ragged),
color(variation: areas of blue, red, white, black, brown), diameter (> than
6 mm), elevation (raised), funny looking
spoon nails Correct Answer-chronic iron deficiency
erythema Correct Answer-occurs w/ polycythemia, venous stasis, carbon
monoxide poisoing, extravascular presence of RBCs
Cyanosis indicates_________ and occurs w/ shock, cardiac arrest, HF,
chronic bronchitis, and congenital heart disease Correct Answer-
hypoxemia
Very thin, shiny skin (atrophic) occurs with Correct Answer-arterial
insufficiency
scleroderma "hard skin" is a chronic connective tissue disorder
associated w/ decreased_________ Correct Answer-mobility
When a lesion develops of previously unaltered skin it is: Correct
Answer-primary
,When a lesion changes over time or changes because of scratching or
infection Correct Answer-secondar
wood's light Correct Answer-a UV light filtered through a special glass
Under the wood's light, lesions with blue-green fluorescence indicate
____________ infection. Correct Answer-fungal
Gray, scaly, well-defined areas with broken hairs accompany? Correct
Answer-tinea capitis (ringworm infection) found mostly in school age
children
absent or sparse genital hair suggests Correct Answer-endocrine
abnormalities
clubbing of nails occurs w/ ...... Correct Answer-congenital cyanotic
heart disease, lung cancer and pulmonary diseases
mongolian spot Correct Answer-common variation of
hyperpigmentation in Black, Asian, American Indian, and Hispanic
newborns
cafe au lait spot Correct Answer-large round or oval patch of light
brown pigmentation
,harlequin color change Correct Answer-Occurs when the baby is in a
side-lying position. The lower half of the body turns red and the upper
half blanches with a distinct demarcation line down the midline. (normal
finding)
erythema toxicum Correct Answer-common rash that appears in the first
3 to 4 days of life, sometimes called flea bite, consists of tiny punctate
red macules and papules on the cheeks, trunk, chest, back and buttocks
lanugo Correct Answer-fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the
body and limbs of a human fetus or newborn.
vernix caseosa Correct Answer-Waxy or "cheesy" white substance found
coating the skin of newborn humans
senile purpura Correct Answer-trauma to fragile vessels on dorsum of
hands; normal finding in elderly
xerosis meaning Correct Answer-dry
anasarca Correct Answer-edema that is generalized over the whole body
acrocyanosis Correct Answer-bluish color around the lips, hands and
fingernails
, cutis marmorata Correct Answer-transient mottling on trunk and
extremities in response to cooler room temperatures
Physiologic jaundice occurring in newborns results from ________.
Correct Answer-increased numbers of RBCs that hemolyze after birth
(after the 3rd or 4th day of life)
Persistent or pronounced cutis marmorata occurs with: Correct Answer-
Down syndrome or immaturity
Milia Correct Answer-a common variation; tiny white papules on the
cheeks and forehead and across the nose and chin caused by sebum that
occludes the opening of the follicles.
*Tell parents not to squeeze the lesions, milia resolve spontaneously w/n
a few weeks
nevus simplex/stork bite Correct Answer-Common birthmark
Flat, irregular red or pink
Forehead, eyelid, lip, back of neck
Present at birth and fades during first year of life
chloasma Correct Answer-irregular brown patch of hyperpigmentation
on the face
(may occur w/ pregnancy or in women taking oral contraceptive pills)