DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE PREP
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Papule
Answer: small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin. Example
warts, skin tag, fibrous papule. Use causation and don't perform
extractions.
●● plaque
Answer: Well-defined, elevated cluster of flat, scaly skin. Avoid service
in the affected area.
●● Pustule
Answer: elevation of skin containing pus
●● Wheal
Answer: small, round, raised area on the skin that may be accompanied
by itching; usually seen in allergic reactions. Example insect bites. Avoid
treatment
●● Cyst
,Answer: Abnormal membranous sac containing a liquid or semi-solid
substance. Example grade 2 acne. Avoid treatment
●● Vesicle
Answer: Small fluid-filled sac; develops under epidermis of skin.
Example poison oak rash. Avoid treatment
●● Bulla
Answer: Like vesicles, but larger with dermal involvement. Example
second degree burn. Avoid treatment.
●● Nodule
Answer: Like papule, but larger with dermal penetration. Example large
sebaceous cyst, modular melanoma. Avoid treatment.
●● Tumor
Answer: Known as a neoplasm; abnormal mass of tissue; can be fluid-
filled or solid. Example hemangiomas, skin cancer. Use caution during
treatment.
●● Primary lesions
Answer: Macule, plaque, papule, pustule, wheal, cyst, vesicle, bulla,
nodule, tumor.
, ●● secondary lesions
Answer: result from the changes that take place in the primary lesion
due to infection, scratching, trauma, or various stages of a disease.
Example: crust, excoriation, scales, scales but corns and calluses, scale
but psoriasis, scar, fissure, ulcer.
●● Crusts
Answer: areas of dried pus and blood, commonly called scabs, example
eczema, scabs. Avoid treatment
●● Excoriation
Answer: Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping.
Avoid treatment.
●● Scales
Answer: Shedding of dead cells of the uppermost epidermis.
Avoid treatment
●● Scales, Calluses or corns
Answer: Sometimes called hyperkeratosis or keratoma, thickening of
their epidermis
●● Scales, Psoriasis
PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE PREP
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Papule
Answer: small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin. Example
warts, skin tag, fibrous papule. Use causation and don't perform
extractions.
●● plaque
Answer: Well-defined, elevated cluster of flat, scaly skin. Avoid service
in the affected area.
●● Pustule
Answer: elevation of skin containing pus
●● Wheal
Answer: small, round, raised area on the skin that may be accompanied
by itching; usually seen in allergic reactions. Example insect bites. Avoid
treatment
●● Cyst
,Answer: Abnormal membranous sac containing a liquid or semi-solid
substance. Example grade 2 acne. Avoid treatment
●● Vesicle
Answer: Small fluid-filled sac; develops under epidermis of skin.
Example poison oak rash. Avoid treatment
●● Bulla
Answer: Like vesicles, but larger with dermal involvement. Example
second degree burn. Avoid treatment.
●● Nodule
Answer: Like papule, but larger with dermal penetration. Example large
sebaceous cyst, modular melanoma. Avoid treatment.
●● Tumor
Answer: Known as a neoplasm; abnormal mass of tissue; can be fluid-
filled or solid. Example hemangiomas, skin cancer. Use caution during
treatment.
●● Primary lesions
Answer: Macule, plaque, papule, pustule, wheal, cyst, vesicle, bulla,
nodule, tumor.
, ●● secondary lesions
Answer: result from the changes that take place in the primary lesion
due to infection, scratching, trauma, or various stages of a disease.
Example: crust, excoriation, scales, scales but corns and calluses, scale
but psoriasis, scar, fissure, ulcer.
●● Crusts
Answer: areas of dried pus and blood, commonly called scabs, example
eczema, scabs. Avoid treatment
●● Excoriation
Answer: Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping.
Avoid treatment.
●● Scales
Answer: Shedding of dead cells of the uppermost epidermis.
Avoid treatment
●● Scales, Calluses or corns
Answer: Sometimes called hyperkeratosis or keratoma, thickening of
their epidermis
●● Scales, Psoriasis
