How to describe What You See

1. Lecturer in Dermatology

3. RED

4. CIRCULAR

5. WITH
INVAGINATION

6. SHINY

7. SMOOTH

8. ~10 CM

9. WHITE
BACKGROUND

10. SHADOW

11. This is a RED, CIRCULAR,
SHINY object with a small
INVAGINATION on top. It
measures ~10 cm. It is in a
WHITE BACKGROUND and
casts a SHADOW.

13. DERMATOLOGICAL

34. Pustule

52. Approach to

53. 1.INSPECTION
2.PALPATION
3.DESCRIPTION

54. INSPECTION

57. PALPATION

62. DESCRIPTION

65. 1. Size
2. Surface/Texture
3. Shape
4. Site

68. 1. Color
2. Contour/Border
3. Configuration
4. Consistency

73. PRACTICAL

74. Case One

79. Multiple 3 to 10 mm PINK to
TAN-COLORED, ROUND,
MACULES with SHARP, irregular
BORDERS and varying sizes ON
his upper chest, back and
flexures of the arms.

80. TINEA VERSICOLOR

82. Case TWO

86. Several 3-10 CM PINK round
SHARPLY circumscribed SCALY
almost SYMMETRICAL PLAQUES ON
his extensor elbows, knees, lower
back, and gluteal cleft.

87. PSORIASIS

89. Case THREE

93. Grouped 2–5 MM round VESICLES
on an ERYTHEMATOUS BASE in a
UNILATERAL, DERMATOMAL
configuration ON the left chest

94. HERPES ZOSTER

101. 3.

102. 3.

103. American Academy of Dermatology
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