Code | Name | Alternative Name | Description |
PH1701 | Abscess | | an enclosed collection of pus in tissues, organs, or confined spaces in the body; a sign of infection and is usually swollen and inflamed |
PH1702 | Basal cell carcinoma | rodent ulcer, basaloma | most common form of the 3 major skin cancers; arises from the basal cells, small round cells found in the lower part (or base) of the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin |
PH1703 | Chondroid syringoma | mixed tumour of skin | a benign tumour of the sweat glands |
PH1704 | Eccrine spiradenoma | | a benign but usually painful skin tumour composed of two cell types derived from the sweat glands |
PH1705 | Epithelioma, skin | | an abnormal skin growth; may be benign or malignant |
PH1706 | Hair | | hair consists of dead, keratinised cells bonded together by extracellular proteins |
PH1707 | Hemangioma, cavernous & capillary | | a usually benign tumor made up of blood vessels; typically occurs as a purplish or reddish slightly elevated area of skin |
PH1708 | Herpes, skin | | skin showing the effect of the herpes virus |
PH1709 | Hidradenoma, clear cell | eccrine acrospiroma, nodular hidradenoma | a tumour derived from eccrine sweat glands, composed of glycogen-rich clear cells |
PH1710 | Insect bite with acanthosis | | insect bite with an increase in the thickness of one of the cell layers of the skin |
PH1711 | Kaposi's sarcoma | | cancer characterised by the abnormal growth of blood vessels that develop into skin lesions |
PH1712 | Keratoacanthoma | | a non-cancerous, rapidly growing skin tumor that usually occurs on sun-exposed areas of the skin and that can go away without treatment |
PH1713 | Lentigo, malignant | | a malignant small melanotic spot in the skin in which the formation of pigment is unrelated to exposure to sunlight |
PH1714 | Lichen planus | | a common skin disease with small, shiny, itchy spots, often accompanied by lesions in the mouth |
PH1715 | Meissner Corpuscle | | receptors for discriminating touch, located in the skin, especially the finger tips and palms |
PH1716 | Melanoma, malignant | | one of the 3 major forms of skin cancer, and potentially the most serious; a malignant tumour arising from the melanocytic system of the skin |
PH1717 | Mole, hairy pigmented | | an area on the skin (usually dark in color) that contains a cluster of melanocytes, with a hair follicle |
PH1718 | Nevus, blue | | a small blue or bluish black spot on the skin that is sharply circumscribed, rounded, and flat or slightly raised and is usually benign but often mistaken for a melanoma |
PH1719 | Papilloma, skin | | benign skin tumour |
PH1720 | Scalp with hair | | skin from the head with hair |
PH1721 | Sebaceous carcinoma | | carcinoma of the sebaceous glands, usually occurring as a slow-growing hard yellow nodule on the eyelid |
PH1722 | Skin, Negroid and Caucasian | | outermost covering of the body |
PH1723 | Skin with sweat gland | | outermost covering of the body with a sweat gland |
PH1724 | Squamous cell carcinoma | | one of the 3 major forms of skin cancer affecting the squamous cells (thin, flat cells that look like fish scales) |
PH1725 | Ulcer, granulating | | an ulcer forms when the surface cells die and are cast off; here healing tissue with a translucent, red, velvety appearance is present |
PH1726 | Ulcer, old chronic, healing | | a long-standing ulcer |
