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Auspitz's sign: Pinpoint bleeding after a scale is removed
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Crusts: Dried exudate of serum, sebum, purulent material on skin surface.
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Fissures: Erosions, linear cracks of varying depths and causes
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Glass slide or diascope: Pressed against the skin to reveal changes produced in the underlying skin when pressure is applied
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Grams stain: Used with suspicion of bacterial sources, pustular, or bullae lesions.
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Koebner phenomenon: New lesion after trauma/psoriasis
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Lichenification: Dry, leathery thickening of skin as a result of repeated rubbing or scratching an area.
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Macerated: Swollen, soft by increase in water content
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Nikolsky's sign: Pushing a blister causes further separation of the dermis
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Oil mount or microscopic exam: To determine presence of eggs or mites
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Oozing: Breakdown of small vesicles with serum over skin surface
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Petechiae: Minute hemorrhagic spots that cannot be blanched
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Scar: May be depressed or raised due to fibrosis of the dermis or subcutaneous tissue from a destructive process
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Skin biopsy: Sample of any atypical dermatosis for specific diagnosis to guide tx.
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Telangiectasia: Superficial blood vessels on skin surface
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Tzanck smear: Used with multinucleated cells; used with suspected herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster, varicella, or molluscum
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Verrucous: Irregular, rough, convoluted surfaces such as warts
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What are the side effects of corticosteroids on the skin?: Atrophy of the skin and/or hypopigmentation
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What is KOH testing used for?: To confirm or exclude fungal sources (tinea or candidiasis), dermophytes or yeast
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Woods light exam: Used to detect changes in pigmentation