Lecturer in Dermatology

RED

CIRCULAR

WITHINVAGINATION

SHINY

SMOOTH

~10 CM

WHITEBACKGROUND

SHADOW

This is a RED, CIRCULAR,SHINY object with a smallINVAGINATION on top. It

measures ~10 cm. It is in aWHITE BACKGROUND and

casts a SHADOW.

DERMATOLOGICAL

Pustule

Approach to

1.INSPECTION

2.PALPATION

3.DESCRIPTION

INSPECTION

PALPATION

DESCRIPTION

1. Size

2. Surface/Texture

3. Shape

4. Site

1. Color

2. Contour/Border

3. Configuration

4. Consistency

PRACTICAL

Case One

Multiple 3 to 10 mm PINK to

TAN-COLORED, ROUND,

MACULES with SHARP, irregular

BORDERS and varying sizes ON

his upper chest, back and

flexures of the arms.

TINEA VERSICOLOR

Case TWO

Several 3-10 CM PINK round

SHARPLY circumscribed SCALY

almost SYMMETRICAL PLAQUES ON

his extensor elbows, knees, lower

back, and gluteal cleft.

PSORIASIS

Case THREE

Grouped 2–5 MM round VESICLES

on an ERYTHEMATOUS BASE in a

UNILATERAL, DERMATOMAL

configuration ON the left chest

HERPES ZOSTER

3.

3.

American Academy of Dermatology

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