List of dermatology terminology

This is a list of terminology relating to skin conditions.[1]

Skin terminology
TermTypesMain signImage
Acantholysis[1]Blister
Atrophy of skin Follicular atrophoderma
Linear atrophoderma of Moulin
Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini
Autoeczematization
Burrow
BlisterVesicle

Bulla

[2]
CrustImpetigo with crusts
Comedo
Cyst
Erosion[3]
Excoriation
Fissure
Hyperkeratosis
Hyperpigmentation
Hypopigmentation
Lichenification[1]
Macule
Milia
Morbilliform
Nodule
Papule[2]
Patch
PetechiaeSmaller than purpura[2]
Pimple
Plaque
PurpuraLarger than petechiae[2]
Pustule
Scale
Scar[4]
Serpiginous
Telangiectasia
Ulcer

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnstone, Ronald B. (2017). "1. The basics". Weedon's Skin Pathology Essentials (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-0-7020-6830-0. Archived from the original on 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dinulos, James G. H. (2019). "1. Principles of diagnosis and anatomy". Habif' Clinical Dermatology (7th ed.). Elsevier. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-323-61269-2. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  3. James, William D.; Elston, Dirk; Treat, James R.; Rosenbach, Misha A.; Neuhaus, Isaac (2020). "2. Cutaneous signs and diagnosis". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (13th ed.). Elsevier. pp. 11–17. ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6.
  4. Langlais, Robert P.; Miller, Craig S.; Gehrig, Jill S. (2017). "18. Diagnostic and descriptive terminology: macule, patch, erosion, ulcer". Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases, Enhanced Edition (5th ed.). Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 17–30. ISBN 978-1-284-24098-6. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
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