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Pustule

Causes
1. Hair Follicle
2. Spontaneous non-follicular pustule
3. Secondary evolution of Vesicles
Description
1. Raised circumscribed lesion
2. Contains purulent exudate (white, yellow, green)
3. Follicular pustules are conical with hair in center
4. Non-follicular pustules vary in shape
Labs
1. Gram Stain and culture of pustular discharge
Examples
1. Drug eruption
2. Generalized pustular Psoriasis syndrome

pustule (C0241157)
Concepts	Finding (T033)
English	Pussey spot, pustule, SKIN PUSTULE
Spanish	pÃºstula, pustula
Credits	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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Pustule

pustule (C0241157)

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