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Skin Diseases

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Guide Notes: GEN: prefer specifics; X ref DERMATOSES is sometimes used loosely for "dermatitis", strictly speaking an inflamm dis: check text carefully; /drug ther: consider also DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; inflamm dis = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin goes here:
Skin Diseases Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Acneiform Eruptions - Visible efflorescent lesions of the skin caused by acne or resembling acne. (Dorland, 28th ed, p18, 575)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cutaneous Fistula - An abnormal passage or communication leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dermatitis - Any inflammation of the skin.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Erythema - Redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries. This condition may result from a variety of causes.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Exanthema - Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. Classically, six such diseases were described with similar rashes; they were numbered in the order in which they were reported. Only the fourth (Duke's disease), fifth (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), and sixth (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM) numeric designations survive as occasional synonyms in current terminology.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Facial Dermatoses
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hair Diseases - Diseases affecting the orderly growth and persistence of hair.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hand Dermatoses
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Keratoacanthoma - A benign, non-neoplastic, usually self-limiting epithelial lesion closely resembling squamous cell carcinoma clinically and histopathologically. It occurs in solitary, multiple, and eruptive forms. The solitary and multiple forms occur on sunlight exposed areas and are identical histologically; they affect primarily white males. The eruptive form usually involves both sexes and appears as a generalized papular eruption.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Keratosis - Any horny growth such as a wart or callus.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Leg Dermatoses - A nonspecific term used to denote any cutaneous lesion or group of lesions, or eruptions of any type on the leg. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Lipomatosis - A disorder consisting of the accumulation of abnormal localized, or tumor-like fat in the tissues.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nail Diseases - Diseases of the nail plate and tissues surrounding it. The concept is limited to primates.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Photosensitivity Disorders - Abnormal responses to sunlight or artificial light due to extreme reactivity of light-absorbing molecules in tissues. It refers almost exclusively to skin photosensitivity, including sunburn, reactions due to repeated prolonged exposure in the absence of photosensitizing factors, and reactions requiring photosensitizing factors such as photosensitizing agents and certain diseases. With restricted reference to skin tissue, it does not include photosensitivity of the eye to light, as in photophobia or photosensitive epilepsy.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pigmentation Disorders
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Prurigo - A name applied to several itchy skin eruptions of unknown cause. The characteristic course is the formation of a dome-shaped papule with a small transient vesicle on top, followed by crusting over or lichenification. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pruritus - An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pyoderma - Any purulent skin disease (Dorland, 27th ed).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Scalp Dermatoses
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Sebaceous Gland Diseases - Diseases of the sebaceous glands such as sebaceous hyperplasia and sebaceous cell carcinoma (SEBACEOUS GLAND NEOPLASMS).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Diseases, Eczematous - Any of a variety of eruptive skin disorders characterized by erythema, oozing, vesiculation, and scaling. Etiology is varied.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Diseases, Metabolic - Diseases of the skin associated with underlying metabolic disorders.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous - A group of dermatoses with distinct morphologic features. The primary lesion is most commonly a papule, usually erythematous, with a variable degree of scaling on the surface. Plaques form through the coalescing of primary lesions.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Diseases, Vascular - Skin diseases affecting or involving the cutaneous blood vessels and generally manifested as inflammation, swelling, erythema, or necrosis in the affected area.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous - Skin diseases characterized by local or general distributions of blisters. They are classified according to the site and mode of blister formation. Lesions can appear spontaneously or be precipitated by infection, trauma, or sunlight. Etiologies include immunologic and genetic factors. (From Scientific American Medicine, 1990)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Manifestations - Dermatologic disorders attendant upon non-dermatologic disease or injury.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Skin Ulcer
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Sweat Gland Diseases - Diseases of the SWEAT GLANDS.

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