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Introductory notions of Dermatology

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Striae also known as stretch marks are linear, atrophic, pink, purple, or white lesions of the skin. They are caused by tearing of the dermis, which over time may diminish, but will not disappear ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

The atrophy of the skin may involve the epidermis, or the dermis, or both. It is the thinning process associated with decreased number of cutaneous cells. Sometimes the normal skin markings may be ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

A cyst is a closed sac that contains liquid or semisolid material. On palpation the cyst is usually resilient. Cysts can grow almost anywhere in your body or on your skin. Most cysts are benign, or ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

An abscess is a place of accumulation of the creamy white, yellow, or greenish fluid, known as pus, surrounded by reddened tissue. It is the result of the body's inflammatory response to a foreign ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

A furuncle is a bacterial or fungal infection of a hair follicle. The infected hair follicle can be on any part of the body. When the hair follicle becomes infected, the skin around it also becomes ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

Blisters are actually vesicles and bullae. Vesicles are circumscribed epidermal elevations in the skin containing clear fluid and mesuring less than 0.5 cm. in diameter. If the lesion has a diameter ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

A wheal is an evanescent rounded or flat-topped elevation in the skin that is edematous, and often erythematous. They may vary in size from a few mm. to a few cm. The shape may change and these ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Dermatology

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