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		<title>Types of skin lesions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skin lesions are classified into 3 major types. They are:

Primary lesions
Secondary lesions
Special lesions

The primary skin lesions are:

Macule
Patch
Papule
Plaque
Nodule
Vesicle
Bullae
Pustule
Wheal
Cyst

The secondary skin lesion are:

Scale
Crust
Excoriation
Erosion
Ulcer
Fissure
Lichenification
Induration
Sclerosis
Atrophy

The special skin lesions are:

Burrow
Comedone
Telangectasia
Poikiloderma
Milium
Target lesions
Alopecia

   
 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Skin lesions are classified into 3 major types. They are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Primary lesions</li>
<li>Secondary lesions</li>
<li>Special lesions</li>
</ol>
<p>The <strong>primary </strong>skin lesions are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Macule</li>
<li>Patch</li>
<li>Papule</li>
<li>Plaque</li>
<li>Nodule</li>
<li>Vesicle</li>
<li>Bullae</li>
<li>Pustule</li>
<li>Wheal</li>
<li>Cyst</li>
</ol>
<p>The <strong>secondary </strong>skin lesion are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Scale</li>
<li>Crust</li>
<li>Excoriation</li>
<li>Erosion</li>
<li>Ulcer</li>
<li>Fissure</li>
<li>Lichenification</li>
<li>Induration</li>
<li>Sclerosis</li>
<li>Atrophy</li>
</ol>
<p>The <strong>special</strong> skin lesions are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Burrow</li>
<li>Comedone</li>
<li>Telangectasia</li>
<li>Poikiloderma</li>
<li>Milium</li>
<li>Target lesions</li>
<li>Alopecia</li>
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<h6 style="text-align: center;">Image from <a href="http://laporte.uchicago.edu/india2.htm">http://laporte.uchicago.edu/india2.htm</a></h6>
<p><a href="http://laporte.uchicago.edu/india2.htm"></a>Favus (latin for &#8216;honeycomb&#8217; ) is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis affecting the scalp caused by<em> </em><em>Trichophyton schonleinii.</em></p>
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