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Papule
Aka: Papule- Description
- Palpable solid lesion <0.5 cm diameter
- Course
- Confluence of Papules leads to Plaque formation
- Examples
Papule (C0332563) |
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| Definition (SNOMEDCT) | A small, solid lesion, less than 1 cm in diameter, raised above the surface of the surrounding skin and hence palpable |
| Definition (CHV) | A small, solid, usually inflammatory elevation of the skin that does not contain pus |
| Definition (CHV) | A small, solid, usually inflammatory elevation of the skin that does not contain pus |
| Definition (CHV) | A small, solid, usually inflammatory elevation of the skin that does not contain pus |
| Concepts | Finding (T033) |
| SnomedCT | 443871003, 25694009 |
| English | Papular, Papule, NOS, papule (physical finding), papule (___cm), papule, Papule (finding), papulae, papules, Papula, Papulae, Papule (morphologic abnormality), Papule |
| Spanish | pápula (hallazgo), Pápula, pápula (anomalía morfológica), pápula |
| Dutch | papel |
| Portuguese | Pápula |
| Italian | Papula |
| German | Papel |
| French | Papule |
| Japanese | 丘疹, キュウシン |
| Czech | Papula |
| Hungarian | Papula |
| Sources |
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
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This page was written by Scott Moses, MD, last revised on 10/21/2007 and last published on 5/9/2012.
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