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Vesicle
elevated, circumscribed, superficial lesion, filled with serous fluid < 1cm in diameter
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Bulla
elevated, circumscribed, superficial lesion, filled with serous fluid > 1cm in diameter
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Macule
flat circumscribed area < 1cm in diameter
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Papule
an elevated, firm, circumscribed area < 1cm in diameter
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Patch
a flat, nonpalpable, irregularly shaped macule > 1cm in diameter
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Plaque
elevated, firm and rough lesion with a a flat surface > 1cm in diameter
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Wheal
elevated, irregular, transient, superficial area of localized cutaneous edema (hives)
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Nodule
elevated, firm, circumscribed lesion < 1cm in diameter
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Tumor
elevated, solid lesion with depth > 1cm in diameter
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Pustule
elevated, circumscribed, superficial lesions, filled with purulent fluid < 1cm in diameter
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Cyst
elevated, circumscribed, encapsulated lesion, filled with liquid or semi-solid material
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Petechiae
red, purple, nonblanching discoloration < 0.5cm in diameter
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Purpura
red, purple, nonblanching discoloration > 0.5cm in diameter
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Scale
keratinzed cells, flaky skin, irregularly thick or thin, dry or oily, variation in size
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Lichenification
rough, thickened epidermis secondary to persistent rubbibng, itching or skin irritation
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Keloid
irregularly shaped, elevated, progressively enlaring scar; grows beyond boundaries of the wound
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Scar
thick to thin fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin following injury or laceration to the dermis
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Excoriation
loss of epidermis, linear, hollowed out crusted area
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Fissure
linear crack or break in the epidermis to the dermis, may be moist or dry
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Erosion
loss of part of the epidermis, depressed, moist, glistening, following rupture of a vessicle or bulla
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Ulcer
loss of dermis and epidermis, concave and varies in size
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Crust
dried serum, blood or purulent exudates, slightly elevated, vary in size and color (brown, tan, straw colored)
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Atrophy
thinning of skin surface and loss of skin markings, skin is translucent and paper-like
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Telangiectasia
fine, irregular red lines
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Comedones
plugs of whitish or blackish sebaceous material lodged in the pilosebaceous follicles
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Milia
whitish nodules with no visible opening to the skin surface, 1-2mm in diameter
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Burrows
tortuous, long tunnel in the epidermis
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