Thursday, August 21, 2008

Describe a skin lesion

-site
-R or L
-size (if circular lesion ?diameter , if rectangular/irregular ?width x length)
-well circumscribed/irregular edge (if irregular edge> possibility of malignancy)
-flat/raised from skin
-hairy/no hair (if no hair> possibility of malignancy)
-has ulcer/no ulcer (if ulcerated> possibility of malignancy)
-pigmented/not pigmented

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