{"title":"Describing Skin Lesions in Dermatology","authors":"Sylvana Brickley, Adam Lipworth","doi":"10.1097/jdn.0000000000000767","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article serves as a primer for dermatology nurses and others practicing dermatology, to define and summarize the most commonly used primary and secondary terms to describe skin lesions in dermatology. The importance of a standardized approach to describing examination findings is discussed. Photos of primary and secondary lesions as well as examples of each are presented.","PeriodicalId":17315,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jdn.0000000000000767","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"DERMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article serves as a primer for dermatology nurses and others practicing dermatology, to define and summarize the most commonly used primary and secondary terms to describe skin lesions in dermatology. The importance of a standardized approach to describing examination findings is discussed. Photos of primary and secondary lesions as well as examples of each are presented.