Skin Disorder
A Skin Disorder is a medical condition that affects skin.
- AKA: Cutaneous Condition.
- Example(s):
- Acne.
- Idiopathic Guttate Hypomelanosis.
- a Purpora Disorder, such as: Thrombocytopenic Purpura Disorder.
- a Skin Lesion.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Wound.
- See: Dermatology, Organ System, Hair, Nail (Anatomy), Melanonychia, Dermatology.
References
2022
- (Tang et al., 2022) ⇒ Peng Tang, Xintong Yan, Yang Nan, Shao Xiang, Sebastian Krammer, and Tobias Lasser. (2022). “FusionM4Net: A Multi-stage Multi-modal Learning Algorithm for Multi-label Skin Lesion Classification.” Medical Image Analysis, 76.
- QUOTE: ... Skin disease is one of the most common diseases in the world. ...
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_condition Retrieved:2021-12-25.
- A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands. The major function of this system is as a barrier against the external environment.
Conditions of the human integumentary system constitute a broad spectrum of diseases, also known as dermatoses, as well as many nonpathologic states (like, in certain circumstances, melanonychia and racquet nails). While only a small number of skin diseases account for most visits to the physician, thousands of skin conditions have been described. Classification of these conditions often presents many nosological challenges, since underlying causes and pathogenetics are often not known. Therefore, most current textbooks present a classification based on location (for example, conditions of the mucous membrane), morphology (chronic blistering conditions), cause (skin conditions resulting from physical factors), and so on.
Clinically, the diagnosis of any particular skin condition begins by gathering pertinent information of the presenting skin lesion(s), including: location (arms, head, legs); symptoms (pruritus, pain); duration (acute or chronic); arrangement (solitary, generalized, annular, linear); morphology (macules, papules, vesicles); and color (red, blue, brown, black, white, yellow). Some diagnoses may also require a skin biopsy which yields histologic information that can be correlated with the clinical presentation and any laboratory data. The introduction of cutaneous ultrasound has allowed the detection of cutaneous tumors, inflammatory processes, nail disorders and hair diseases.
- A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands. The major function of this system is as a barrier against the external environment.