Progression of Skin Lesions Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Actinic Keratosis

Progression of skin lesions from normal skin to squamous cell carcinoma. Anal Quant Cytol Histol. 2009 Feb; 31(1):17-25. Fuchs A. Marmur E. [symbiosisonlinepublishing.com]

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun causes damage to the skin cells, forming clusters of atypical cells that can progress into squamous cell carcinoma – a common type of skin [goldenbergdermatology.com]

Even the precancerous skin lesions, such as actinic keratosis, can be treated before they progress to cancer. [livestrong.com]

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Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

[…] itchy skin lesions after spraying perfumes. [e-ijd.org]

Slowly, as the disease progresses, patients note more severe skin lesions and there may be cardiovascular disease like angina and hypertension. [patient.info]

Table 2: Demographic characteristics and clinical features of the studied patients Click here to view PXE-PDE is clinically characterized by the appearance of progressive [e-ijd.org]

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Insect Bite

The typical clinical picture is painful cutaneous blistering and inflammation which may progress into intensely cyanotic lesions, occasionally resulting in substantial recurrent [anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu.au]

[…] local tissue necrosis with a deep rolled ulcer involving fat and skin and exposing muscle. [anaesthesia.med.usyd.edu.au]

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Gingivitis

BACKGROUND: Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) frequently begins with oral lesions and progresses to skin lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Rosacea

These symptoms often progress to include development of bumpy red skin lesions, pimples, and tiny, tortuous vessels in the skin known as telangiectasias (tel-an-jee-ek-TAY-zee-ahs [allaboutvision.com]

The most severe cases of rosacea progress to a condition called rhinophyma (rie-no-FIE-mah), in which the skin thickens along with connective tissues of the nose. [allaboutvision.com]

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Stomatitis

Half to two-thirds of patients also have extra-oral skin lesions around the mouth. [pch.health.wa.gov.au]

Pemphigus vulgaris starts with oral lesions, then progresses to flaccid cutaneous bullae. Bullous pemphigoid has tense bullae on normal-appearing skin. [msdmanuals.com]

These painful lesions begin as typical herpetiform vesicles, which may progress to pustules or erode to become ulcers. Untreated, the lesions may last for 12 days. [pch.health.wa.gov.au]

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Sexually Transmitted Disease

/skin lesions Chronic coughing Confusion/delirium Difficulty breathing Chlamydial Infection Symptoms typically occur one to three weeks after exposure. [healthychildren.org]

Women: Abnormal vaginal discharge Mild pain when urinating Progression to pelvic inflammatory disease Men: Penile discharge Mild pain when urinating Progression to epididymitis [healthychildren.org]

Infections May Include: HIV/AIDS Headaches Difficulty swallowing Fever Night sweats Fatigue/weakness Appetite loss Weight loss Chronic diarrhea Nausea/vomiting Itchy, rashy skin [healthychildren.org]

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Acne Vulgaris

[…] to inflammatory lesions VI. [fpnotebook.com]

Phototherapy (light therapy) involves exposing the skin to ultraviolet or infrared light. [aetna.com]

[…] in 1776 when Josef Plenck (an Austrian physician) published a book that proposed the novel concept of classifying skin diseases by their elementary (initial) lesions.[169 [en.wikipedia.org]

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Cold Exposure

There are pruritic, red-purple skin lesions (papules, macules, plaques, or nodules). [patient.info]

Continued exposure leads to ulcerative or haemorrhagic lesions which progress to scarring, fibrosis, or atrophy with itching replaced by tenderness and pain. [patient.info]

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Insulin Resistance

Skin Lesions Skin lesions include an increased number of skin tags and a condition called acanthosis nigricans - a darkening and thickening of the skin, especially in fold [emedicinehealth.com]

Arteriosclerosis, also known as atherosclerosis, is a process of progressive thickening and hardening of the walls of medium-sized and large arteries. [emedicinehealth.com]

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Streptococcal Infection

D e bridement in necrotizing fasciitis As the lesion in necrotizing fasciitis progresses (approximately 48-72 h), the skin becomes bluish and dusky, and bullae containing [emedicine.medscape.com]

lesions. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Pneumonia Invasive GAS can cause pulmonary infection, often with rapid progression to necrotizing pneumonia. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Oral Candidiasis

Monitor closely for skin rashes; discontinue if lesions progress. Renal or hepatic impairment. [empr.com]

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Goiter

lesions. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Pneumonia Invasive GAS can cause pulmonary infection, often with rapid progression to necrotizing pneumonia. [emedicine.medscape.com]

The bacterial toxins cause proteolysis of epidermal and subepidermal layers, allowing the bacteria to spread quickly along the skin layers and thereby cause blisters or purulent [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Atopic Dermatitis

TSLP is a pivotal pro-inflammatory cytokine in both acute and chronic skin lesions of AD. However, information is not yet available (7). [spandidos-publications.com]

Fezakinumab, an anti IL-22 antibody showed progressive and sustained clinical improvement of moderate-to-severe AD (7). [spandidos-publications.com]

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Fibroma

These globular lesions may occur in the hand or other surfaces that are subject to pressure. [slideshare.net]

Figure 1: Patient on initial presentation showing mild facial swelling caused by lesion progression over left side Click here to view Intra oral examination revealed diffuse [jdas.in]

[…] compression of adjacent tissues -suspicion of a malignant tumor. Painful neurofibromas occur just under the skin. [slideshare.net]

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Endogenous Depression

All 4 of the patients categorized as stage 4 originally presented with disseminated cutaneous/oral KS (widespread distribution of 20 hyperpigmented skin/oral lesions) and [infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com]

[…] and conjunctival eye lesions) and histologically-confirmed Hodgkin lymphoma. [infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com]

This patient died of refractory and progressive lymphoma; the KS lesions had completely resolved. [infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com]

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Atrophic Vaginitis

[…] of the skin that has not invaded the basement membrane—or a pre-cancer.[16] VIN may progress to carcinoma-in-situ and, eventually, squamous cell cancer. [en.wikipedia.org]

(VIN) and 29% of invasive vulvar cancers; HPV 16 is the most commonly detected subtype in VIN and vulvar cancer, followed by HPV 33 and HPV 18.[15] VIN is a superficial lesion [en.wikipedia.org]

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Cutaneous Candidiasis

One Cebus apella, with progressive thinning and ulcerative skin lesions and mucous, was necropsied. Fragments of tissue were collected and processed for histology. [repositorio.furg.br]

The normal role of cytokines in skin lesions is not well understood. [jmm.microbiologyresearch.org]

This is due to incompletely developed epidermal barrier and immature immune system. [6],[7] Skin lesions develop at or within 72 h of life and presents as erythematous macules [ijpd.in]

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Contact Dermatitis

Chronic ICD is due to a stepwise progression of damage to the barrier function of the skin (see fig 1).8 It usually presents with dry, scaly fissuring, and eczematous lesions [oem.bmj.com]

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Streptococcus Pyogenes

lesions. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Mice challenged with either the WT or the Δ scpA mutant developed visible necrotic skin lesions of similar size 1 day after the inoculation ( Figure 2C ). [doi.org]

Pneumonia Invasive GAS can cause pulmonary infection, often with rapid progression to necrotizing pneumonia. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Acanthosis Nigricans

[…] without regression of skin lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Darker-skinned individuals tend to have darker lesions Slow progression. The changes to the skin appear very slowly often over months or years. Possible itching. [byebyedoctor.com]

In the first case skin lesions were sensitive to chemotherapy (until cancer progression), while in the second case treatment had to be discontinued because of cardiotoxity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Calciphylaxis

[…] calciphylactic skin lesions can contribute to an acceptable treatment of calciphylaxis. [en.wikipedia.org]

skin lesions can contribute to an acceptable treatment of calciphylaxis. [woundsource.com]

Considering lowering the dose of or discontinuing the use of immunosuppressive drugs in people who have received kidney transplants and continue to have persistent or progressive [en.wikipedia.org]

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Thrombocytopenia

Thrombosis 2 points in new proven thrombosis, skin necrosis (see below), or systemic reaction 1 point if progressive or recurrent thrombosis, silent thrombosis or red skin [en.wikipedia.org]

lesions No points if there are no symptoms. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Balanoposthitis

With further progression of the inflammatory process, erosion and sloughing of the skin begins. [iliveok.com]

Forms Purulent balanoposthitis in a child Purulent balanoposthitis in a child develops due to inflammatory lesions of the head and foreskin of the penis. [iliveok.com]

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Staphylococcus Aureus

Time points later than than 48 h were excluded since skin lesions were progressing to ulceration and full recovery of CFU and of live immune cells were hampered (data not [doi.org]

Pemphigus vulgaris starts with oral lesions, then progresses to flaccid cutaneous bullae. Bullous pemphigoid has tense bullae on normal-appearing skin. [merckmanuals.com]

Prodrome of malaise, fever, conjunctivitis, and generalized macular target lesions suggests SJS. [merckmanuals.com]

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Intertrigo

The erythematous lesions may progress to weeping, erosions, fissures, maceration, or crusting. [emedicine.com]

Signs and symptoms of intertrigo Intertrigo usually is chronic with an insidious onset of itching, burning, pain, and stinging in the skin folds. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Signs and symptoms Intertrigo usually is chronic with an insidious onset of itching, burning, pain, and stinging in the skin folds. [emedicine.com]

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Furunculosis

Gross pathological signs are: furuncles (or boils) involving skin and/or muscle, progressing to crater lesions (usually restricted to the subacute or chronic phase in adult [thefishsite.com]

Some of these lesions spontaneously involuted, but most progressed to painful nodules that later drained significant quantities of pus, with relief to the pain. [medicinetoday.com.au]

Under favorable conditions, the muscle lesions enlarge rapidly and eventually rupture through the skin producing a characteristic, ragged, deep, undermining type of ulcer. [pubs.er.usgs.gov]

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Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetic dermopathy Diabetic dermopathy is a skin condition characterised by light brown or reddish, oval or round, slightly indented scaly patches most often appearing on [dermnetnz.org]

The increasing prevalence of diabetes requires targeted screening for detecting diabetes and prediabetes in risk groups to prevent and mitigate the progression of the disease [dermnetnz.org]

Although these lesions may appear in anyone, particularly after an injury or trauma to the area, they are one of the most common skin problems found in patients with diabetes [dermnetnz.org]

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Coxsackievirus Infection

On the second day after admission, biopsies were taken from the skin lesions. Histological examination revealed lymphocytic infiltrations of the dermis. [pancreas.imedpub.com]

The patient was treated conservatively with nasogastric suction, intravenous fluids, and analgesics with progressive improvement of his clinical status. [pancreas.imedpub.com]

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Pseudomonas

The organism can also cause an acute suppurative infection in traumatised skin lesions and can progress to septicaemia. [virology-online.com]

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