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Erosion: An erosion is a discontinuity of the skin exhibiting incomplete loss of the epidermis, [32] a lesion that is moist, circumscribed, and usually depressed. [ 21 ] [ 33 ] Excoriation : A punctate or linear abrasion produced by mechanical means (often scratching), usually involving only the epidermis, but commonly reaching the papillary ...
Schematic image comparing a skin fissure to an erosion and an ulcer. The surface of the knuckles of a hand with xeroderma, showing skin cracking (generalized skin fissuring). A skin fissure is a cutaneous condition in which there is a linear-like cleavage of skin, sometimes defined as extending into the dermis. [1] It is smaller than a skin ...
Rare causes of skin ulcers include pyoderma gangraenosum, lesions caused by Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, morbus Behçet and infections that are usually seen in those who are immunocompromised, for example ecthyma gangraenosum.
Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]
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Histopathological image of dyshidrotic dermatitis, showing focal spongiotic change in the epidermis. Spongiosis is mainly intercellular [1] edema (abnormal accumulation of fluid) in the epidermis, [2] and is characteristic of eczematous dermatitis, manifested clinically by intraepidermal vesicles (fluid-containing spaces), "juicy" papules, and/or lichenification. [3]
A Cameron lesion is a linear erosion or ulceration of the mucosal folds lining the stomach where it is constricted by the thoracic diaphragm in persons with large hiatal hernias. [1] The lesions may cause chronic blood loss resulting in iron deficiency anemia ; less often they cause acute bleeding.
After primary and secondary yaws (and possibly, in some cases, without these phases), a latent infection develops. [2] Within five years (rarely, within ten years [2]) it can relapse and become active again, causing further secondary lesions, which may infect others. [12] These relapse lesions are most commonly found around the armpits, mouth ...