Scales
From Health Facts
Latest Edit: Iva 2012-08-03 (EDT)
A scale is a secondary skin lesion that refers to excess dead epidermal cells that are produced by abnormal keratinization and shedding.[1]
Conditions associated with scales:
Fine to Stratified
- Tinea versicolor
- Xerosis
- Psoriasis
- seborrheic dermatitis
Scaling in sheets (desquamation)
- Kawasaki disease
- Scarlet fever
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- toxic shock syndrome
Check out other secondary skin lesions
References
- ↑ Habif Thomas P., et al. (2005) Skin Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment Mosby.