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Semiology: Dermatology

Dermatology · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Del lenguaje de las lesiones elementales al diagnóstico diferencial: exploración sistémica de la piel, anejos y mucosas con correlaciones clínicas de alta relevancia diagnóstica.

What it covers

  1. Systematic Dermatological Examination
  2. · Optimal Exploration Conditions
  3. · Systematic Description of a Dermatological Lesion
  4. · Dermatological Examination Instruments
  5. · Nikolsky Sign and Immediate Diagnostic Tests
  6. Primary Elemental Injuries
  7. · Injuries Without Liquid Content or Elevation (Color Changes)
  8. · High Solid Injuries
  9. · Injuries with Liquid Content
  10. Secondary Elementary Injuries
  11. Distribution, Configuration and Topography of Lesions
  12. · Diagnostic Distribution Patterns
  13. · Configuration (Grouping) of Lesions
  14. Semiology of Color and Pigmentation
  15. · Hyperpigmentation: Etiological Classification
  16. · Hypopigmentation and Depigmentation
  17. Vascular and Purpuric Lesions
  18. · Injuries that Disappear with Vitropressure
  19. · Purpuric Lesions: They Do Not Disappear with Vitropressure
  20. · Erythema Nodosum: Deep Vascular Injury
  21. Semiology of Pruritus
  22. · Classification of Pruritus (IFSI 2018)
  23. · Systemic Pruritus: Causes and Diagnostic Keys
  24. Semiology of Skin Ulcer
  25. Semiology of the Cutaneous Adnexa
  26. · Hair Semiology: Alopecia
  27. · Cicatricial Alopecias: The Non-Reversible
  28. · Nail Semiology: Nails as a Mirror of the Organism
  29. Dermatoscopy: Diagnostic Principles and Algorithms
  30. · Fundamental Dermatoscopic Structures
  31. · Dermatoscopic ABCD Algorithm (Stolz, 1994) for Melanocytic Lesions
  32. · ABCDE Melanoma Clinical Rule
  33. Main Inflammatory Dermatoses
  34. · Psoriasis: The Prototype of Chronic Inflammatory Dermatoses
  35. · Atopic Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis): The Prototype of Chronic Pruritus
  36. Skin Infections: Semiology and Diagnosis
  37. · Bacterial Infections
  38. · Dermatotropic Virus Infections
  39. · Fungal Infections: Dermatophytosis
  40. · Scabies (Scabies): The Great Itchy Imitator
  41. The Skin as a Mirror of Systemic Disease
  42. · Connective pathologies: Cutaneous Manifestations
  43. · Diabetes Mellitus and the Skin
  44. · Cutaneous Manifestations of Neoplasias: Paraneoplastic
  45. Diagnostic Procedures in Dermatology
  46. · Skin Biopsy: Types and Techniques
  47. · Tzanck test
  48. · Direct Examination with KOH (Potassium Hydroxide)
  49. · Patch Test: Diagnosis of Allergic Contact Dermatitis
  50. · Phototopography Test and Photosensitivity Evaluation

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Subject
Dermatology
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
50
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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