disc-shaped Figurate: with a particular shape Guttate: resembling drops Gyrate: coiled or spiral-shaped Herpetiform: resembling herpes Linear Mammillated: with rounded, breast-like projections Reticular or reticulated: resembling a net Serpiginous: with a wavy border Stellate: star-shaped Targetoid: resembling a bullseye Verrucous or Verruciform: wart-like Distribution "Distribution" refers to how lesions are localized. They may be confined to a single area (a patch) or may exist in several places. Some distributions correlate with the means by which a given area becomes affected. For example, contact dermatitis correlates with locations where allergen has elicited an allergic immune response. Varicella zoster virus is known to recur (after its initial presentation as chicken pox) as herpes zoster ("shingles"). Chicken pox appears nearly everywhere on the body, but herpes zoster tends to follow one or two dermatomes; for example, the eruptions may appear along the bra line, on either or both sides of the patient. Generalized Symmetric: one side mirrors the other Flexural: on the front of the fingers Extensor: on the back of the fingers Intertriginous: in an area where two skin areas may touch or rub together Morbilliform: resembling measles Palmoplantar: on the palm of the hand or bottom of the foot Periorificial: around an orifice such as the mouth Periungual/subungual: around or under a fingernail or toenail Blaschkoid: following the path of Blaschko's lines in the skin Photodistributed: in places where sunlight reaches Zosteriform or dermatomal: associated with a particular nerve Other related terms Collarette Comedo Confluent Eczema (a type of dermatitis) Evanescent (lasting less than 24 hours) Granuloma Livedo Purpura Erythema (redness) Horn (a cell type) Poikiloderma Histopathology Hyperkeratosis Parakeratosis Hypergranulosis Acanthosis Papillomatosis Dyskeratosis Acantholysis Spongiosis Hydropic swelling Exocytosis Vacuolization Erosion Ulceration Lentiginous See also Wound, an injury which damages the epidermis. References External links