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Something that is verbally described by the patient; "my mouth is sore"
Symptoms
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Objective findings during the clinical exam
Signs
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flat, circumscribed area with color alteration from surrounding tissue; example: ephelis or freckle
macule
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a flat to slightly raises, circumscribed (surrounded, well-delinated) colored or textured area; example: leukoplakia
Plaque
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a superficial denudation of epithelium, usually from rupture of vesicle, heals without scarring; example: erosive lichen planus; commonly results from vesiculo-bullos diseases
Erosion
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a loss of full-thickness epithelium, often painful and can scar
Ulcer
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a mark of previous wound healing, appears paler than surrounding tissue
Scar
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a linear cleft in epithelium, normal or abnormal
Fissure
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a channel from an infected cavity to permit escape of pus
sinus
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an abnormal passage, between two organs or from an internal structure to the surface
fistula
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a superficial elevation with a "stalk" (pedunculated) or a broad base (sessile), the color can be variable
papule
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solid mass, extends deeper than papule, freely moveable
nodule
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a small, water-filled "blister," can be multiple and coalesce--to form larger vesicles
vesicle
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water-filled "blister" greater than 1 cm in size (friction blister, pemphigoid)
bulla
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a pathologic cavity lined by epithelium
cyst
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a streak or line, occasionally net-like, "lacy"
stria
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shrunken, withered, wasting away Appears red in the oral mucosa
atrophy
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accumulation clotted blood within tissues leads to mass
hematoma
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minute submucosal hemorrhage
petechiae
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slightly larger submucosal hemorrhage
purpura
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>2 cm, submucosal hemorrhage
ecchymosis
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