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Facts about skin from the New Zealand Dermatological Society Incorporated. Topic index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Erosions and ulcers

Some skin diseases are very prone to break down into sores. Surface sores are called erosions; these may start off as blisters or pustules. Full thickness sores are ulcers.

Ulcers on lower leg
Trauma
Stasis/varicose/venous ulcers
Pressure ulcers
Hypertensive leg ulcers
Arteriosclerotic ulcers
Neuropathic ulcers eg diabetic
Ulcerating skin cancers (BCC, SCC, Melanoma)
Panniculitis
Vasculitic ulcers e.g. cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Wegener granulomatosis

Ulcers on limbs &/or trunk
Bacterial, viral or fungal infections in immune suppressed
Mycosis fungoides
Spider bites
Atypical mycobacterial infections
Genital conditions
Porphyria cutanea tarda
Erythropoeitic protoporphyria
Wounds in general

Ulcers on head & neck
Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis
Erosive pustular dermatosis
Aphthous ulcers (mouth & genitals)
Aplasia cutis
Ulcerating skin cancers (BCC, SCC, Melanoma)

Erosions
Blistering skin diseases
Erosive lichen planus
Impetigo
Candida
Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Staph. scalded skin syndrome

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