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Common Skin Lesions Fernando Vega, M.D. 1
Common Skin Lesions
Fernando Vega, MD Seattle Healing Arts
Seborrheic Keratosis Seborrheic Keratosis Seborrheic Keratosis Seborrheic Keratosis Seborrheic Keratosis
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Seborrheic Keratosis Seborrheic Keratosis
Seborrheic Keratosis Key points
– Or smooth with tiny round embedded pearls
- Looks like it’s stuck and can be peeled off
- The thicker, the rougher
- Variation in pigmentation is due to thickness
- Changes in tint but not hue
- Responds to freezing
Dermatofibroma
- Not a tumor but a fibrous reaction to trauma
– Insect bite – Viral lesion
Fi i d l t d l
- Firm indolent nodule
- Doesn’t exceed 1cm
- Red‐brown, blue‐black due to deposit of
hemosiderin
- Does not respond to cryotherapy
Dermatofibroma Dermatofibroma
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Common Skin Lesions Fernando Vega, M.D. 3
Dermatofibroma Dermatofibroma Dermatofibroma Dermatofibroma Lentigo Lentigo
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Lentigo Lentigo Lentigo Lentigo
- Usually in sun exposed areas of face arms and
hands
- Size 0.2‐2 cm
- Age related
Age related
– Highly irregular border – Localized increase or change in pigmentation – Localized thickening
- Responds to cryotherapy, tretinoin
Ephelides Verrucae
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Common Skin Lesions Fernando Vega, M.D. 5
Verrucae Verrucae Verrucae Cherry Angiomas Cherry Angiomas Hemangioma
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Common Skin Lesions Fernando Vega, M.D. 6
Hemangioma Hemangioma Hemangioma Lipoma Lipoma Lipoma
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Common Skin Lesions Fernando Vega, M.D. 7
Liposarcoma Molluscum contagiosum Molluscum contagiosum Molluscum contagiosum Molluscum contagiosum Molluscum contagiosum
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Common Skin Lesions Fernando Vega, M.D. 8
Molluscum contagiosum Xanthoma Xanthoma Xanthoma Sebaceous Cyst Sebaceous Cyst
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Sebaceous Cyst Sebaceous Cyst
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