Abscess
Description - an enclosed collection
of pus in tissues, organs, or confined spaces in the body;
a sign of infection and is usually swollen and inflamed
Basal
cell carcinoma
Alternative Name - rodent ulcer,
basaloma
Description - most common form
of the 3 major skin cancers; arises from the basal cells,
small round cells found in the lower part (or base) of the
epidermis, the outer layer of the skin
Chondroid
syringoma
Alternative Name - mixed tumour
of skin
Description - a benign tumour of
the sweat glands
Eccrine
spiradenoma
Description - a benign but usually
painful skin tumour composed of two cell types derived from
the sweat glands
Epithelioma,
skin
Description - an abnormal skin growth;
may be benign or malignant
Hair
Description - hair consists of
dead, keratinised cells bonded together by extracellular
proteins
Hemangioma,
cavernous & capillary
Description - a usually benign
tumor made up of blood vessels; typically occurs as a purplish
or reddish slightly elevated area of skin
Herpes,
skin
Description - skin showing signs
of the herpes virus
Hidradenoma,
clear cell
Alternative Name - eccrine acrospiroma,
nodular hidradenoma
Description - a tumour derived
from eccrine sweat glands, composed of glycogen-rich clear
cells
Insect
bite with acanthosis
Description - insect bite with an increase
in the thickness of one of the cell layers of the skin
Kaposi's
sarcoma
Description - cancer characterised
by the abnormal growth of blood vessels that develop into
skin lesions
Keratoacanthoma
Description - a non-cancerous,
rapidly growing skin tumor that usually occurs on sun-exposed
areas of the skin and that can go away without treatment
Lentigo,
malignant
Description - a malignant small
melanotic spot in the skin in which the formation of pigment
is unrelated to exposure to sunlight
Lichen
planus
Description - a common skin disease
with small, shiny, itchy spots, often accompanied by lesions
in the mouth
Meissner
Corpuscle
Description - receptors for discriminating
touch, located in the skin, especially the finger tips and palms
Melanoma,
malignant
Description - one of the 3 major
forms of skin cancer, and potentially the most serious; a malignant
tumour arising from the melanocytic system of the skin
Mole,
hairy pigmented
Description - an area on the skin
(usually dark in color) that contains a cluster of melanocytes,
with a hair follicle
Nevus,
blue
Description - a small blue or bluish
black spot on the skin that is sharply circumscribed, rounded,
and flat or slightly raised and is usually benign but often
mistaken for a melanoma
Papilloma,
skin
Description - benign skin tumour
Scalp
with hair
Description - skin from the head with
hair
Sebaceous
carcinoma
Description - carcinoma of the sebaceous
glands, usually occurring as a slow-growing hard yellow nodule
on the eyelid
Skin
with sweat gland
Description - outermost covering
of the body with a sweat gland
Skin,
Negroid and Caucasian
Description - outermost covering
of the body
Squamous
cell carcinoma
Description - one of the 3 major forms
of skin cancer affecting the squamous cells (thin, flat cells
that look like fish scales)
Ulcer,
granulating
Description - an ulcer forms when
the surface cells die and are cast off; here healing tissue
with a translucent, red, velvety appearance is present
Ulcer,
old chronic, healing
Description - a long-standing ulcer
