VA TATTOO PSI 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Venous lake - ✔✔Group of large dilated blood vessels (veins) which resembles a
blood blister
✔✔spider angiomas - ✔✔Small growths of blood vessels (small arteries) under the skin
✔✔Seborrheic keratosis - ✔✔Benign growths of the upper layers of the skin
✔✔Sebaceous hyperplasia - ✔✔Benign growth that most often occurs on the face of
middle aged to elderly people
✔✔Lentigos (age spots) - ✔✔Small, flat, brown circular spots which are benign & are
not related to moles
✔✔Cherry angiomas - ✔✔Very common I'm caucasions. They appear small, round red
spots composed of small blood vessels called capillaries & can be raised or flat
✔✔actinic keratosis - ✔✔Pre-cancerous condition of the upper layer of the skin
✔✔Vitiligo - ✔✔Disorders causes loss of pigment-producing cells of the epidermis
✔✔Rosacea - ✔✔Chronic skin eruption featuring dilation of the small facial blood
vessels, flushing of the face, & pustules & papules
✔✔Acne vulgaris - ✔✔Common inflammatory condition of the sebaceous oil glands.
(Blackheads, papules, pustules, & inflamed nodules)
✔✔Alopecia - ✔✔hair loss
✔✔Warts are caused by - ✔✔The human papilloma virus (HPV)
✔✔Pediculosis (lice) - ✔✔Pediculi are parasites called lice
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔Infection caused by a microscopic mite, which burrows into the
epidermis, causing a hypersensitivity reaction
✔✔Molluscum contagiosum is caused by: - ✔✔Warts of the pox virus family
✔✔Herpes virus - ✔✔Cold sores or blisters
✔✔Subcutaneous layer - ✔✔Fatty tissue beneath the two layers of the skin
, ✔✔Primary lesions - ✔✔First appear unaltered on the skin
✔✔Macules - ✔✔Flat lesions of any size.
✔✔Papules - ✔✔raised lesions, 1 cm in size. (About one-half inch)
✔✔Plaques - ✔✔Papules greasers than 1 cm in diameter. The surface of papules &
plaques may be smooth, rough (warty) or scaly
✔✔Nodules - ✔✔Elevated lesions which are located deep in the skin. The skin can be
moved over the top of the lesion
✔✔Purpura - ✔✔Results from hemorrhage into the skin.
✔✔Pustules - ✔✔pus-filled sacs such as those seen in acne, or pimples
✔✔Abscesses - ✔✔localized collections of pus that may be under the skin or deep
within the body and that cause tissue destruction
✔✔Wheal (hive) - ✔✔Result from a transient reaction in the dermis
✔✔Vesicles - ✔✔Elevated lesions which contain a clear fluid, like a small blister.
✔✔Bullae - ✔✔Vesicles larger than 1 cm
✔✔Secondary lesions - ✔✔lesions that result in changes in primary lesions (running or
scratching)
✔✔Telangiectasis - ✔✔Distended or dilated surface blood vessels
✔✔Scales - ✔✔White to brown flakes on the skin & should be differentiated from crusts
✔✔Ulcers - ✔✔Depressed lesions in which the epidermis & at least part of the dermis
has been lost. (Heals with scarring)
✔✔Fissures - ✔✔Linear ulcers
✔✔Sinuses - ✔✔Connections between the skin surface & an underlying structure
✔✔Atrophy - ✔✔Loss of substance in the skin
✔✔Sclerotic lesions - ✔✔Flat to slightly elevated because the skin feels hardened &
thickened
GRADED A+
✔✔Venous lake - ✔✔Group of large dilated blood vessels (veins) which resembles a
blood blister
✔✔spider angiomas - ✔✔Small growths of blood vessels (small arteries) under the skin
✔✔Seborrheic keratosis - ✔✔Benign growths of the upper layers of the skin
✔✔Sebaceous hyperplasia - ✔✔Benign growth that most often occurs on the face of
middle aged to elderly people
✔✔Lentigos (age spots) - ✔✔Small, flat, brown circular spots which are benign & are
not related to moles
✔✔Cherry angiomas - ✔✔Very common I'm caucasions. They appear small, round red
spots composed of small blood vessels called capillaries & can be raised or flat
✔✔actinic keratosis - ✔✔Pre-cancerous condition of the upper layer of the skin
✔✔Vitiligo - ✔✔Disorders causes loss of pigment-producing cells of the epidermis
✔✔Rosacea - ✔✔Chronic skin eruption featuring dilation of the small facial blood
vessels, flushing of the face, & pustules & papules
✔✔Acne vulgaris - ✔✔Common inflammatory condition of the sebaceous oil glands.
(Blackheads, papules, pustules, & inflamed nodules)
✔✔Alopecia - ✔✔hair loss
✔✔Warts are caused by - ✔✔The human papilloma virus (HPV)
✔✔Pediculosis (lice) - ✔✔Pediculi are parasites called lice
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔Infection caused by a microscopic mite, which burrows into the
epidermis, causing a hypersensitivity reaction
✔✔Molluscum contagiosum is caused by: - ✔✔Warts of the pox virus family
✔✔Herpes virus - ✔✔Cold sores or blisters
✔✔Subcutaneous layer - ✔✔Fatty tissue beneath the two layers of the skin
, ✔✔Primary lesions - ✔✔First appear unaltered on the skin
✔✔Macules - ✔✔Flat lesions of any size.
✔✔Papules - ✔✔raised lesions, 1 cm in size. (About one-half inch)
✔✔Plaques - ✔✔Papules greasers than 1 cm in diameter. The surface of papules &
plaques may be smooth, rough (warty) or scaly
✔✔Nodules - ✔✔Elevated lesions which are located deep in the skin. The skin can be
moved over the top of the lesion
✔✔Purpura - ✔✔Results from hemorrhage into the skin.
✔✔Pustules - ✔✔pus-filled sacs such as those seen in acne, or pimples
✔✔Abscesses - ✔✔localized collections of pus that may be under the skin or deep
within the body and that cause tissue destruction
✔✔Wheal (hive) - ✔✔Result from a transient reaction in the dermis
✔✔Vesicles - ✔✔Elevated lesions which contain a clear fluid, like a small blister.
✔✔Bullae - ✔✔Vesicles larger than 1 cm
✔✔Secondary lesions - ✔✔lesions that result in changes in primary lesions (running or
scratching)
✔✔Telangiectasis - ✔✔Distended or dilated surface blood vessels
✔✔Scales - ✔✔White to brown flakes on the skin & should be differentiated from crusts
✔✔Ulcers - ✔✔Depressed lesions in which the epidermis & at least part of the dermis
has been lost. (Heals with scarring)
✔✔Fissures - ✔✔Linear ulcers
✔✔Sinuses - ✔✔Connections between the skin surface & an underlying structure
✔✔Atrophy - ✔✔Loss of substance in the skin
✔✔Sclerotic lesions - ✔✔Flat to slightly elevated because the skin feels hardened &
thickened
