Skin Diseases Study Tool

A freckle is an example of a mark on the skin known as a ____.

• pustule

• bulla

• cyst

• lentigine

____ is a common bacterial infection of the eye.

• Leukoderma

• Conjunctivitis

• Excoriation

• Eczema

What is a contagious, recurring viral infection characterized by fever blisters or cold sores?

• Eczema

• Psoriasis

• Herpes simplex I

• Herpes dermatitis

Congenital hypopigmentation, or absence of melanin pigment of the body, including the skin, hair, and eyes is called ________.

• albinism
• lentigo

• nevus

• chloasma

______ is a skin disorder characterized by abnormal light patches.

• Leukoderma
• Basal cell carcinoma

• Rosacea

• Keratoma

_____ refers to an abnormal brown or wine-colored skin discoloration with a circular or irregular shape.

• Keratoma

• Leukoderma

• Stain

• Fissure

A _____ is a small brown or flesh-colored outgrowth of the skin.

• stain

• keratoma

• sebaceous cyst

• skin tag

Hypertrophy of the papillae and epidermis is a _____.

• verruca

• keratoma

• mole

• stain

The most common and least severe type of skin cancer is ____.

• basal cell carcinoma

• brown patches

• malignant melanoma

• squamous cell carcinoma

What type of skin cancer is often characterized by scaly red papules or nodules?

• Basal cell carcinoma

• Squamous cell carcinoma

• Cutaneous lymphoma

• Malignant melanoma