| neuroma cutis | Neurofibroma of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stratum reticulare cutis | The thicker deep layer of the corium consisting of dense irregularly arranged connective tissue. Synonym: reticular layer of corium, stratum reticulare cutis, tunica propria corii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| striae cutis distensae | Bands of thin wrinkled skin, initially red but becoming purple and white, which occur commonly on the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs at puberty and/or during and following pregnancy, and result from atrophy of the dermis and overextension of the skin; also associated with ascites and Cushing's syndrome. Synonym: atrophoderma striatum, lineae albicantes, lineae atrophicae, linear atrophy, stretch marks, stria, striae atrophicae, striate atrophy of skin, traction atrophy, vergeture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sulci cutis | The numerous grooves of variable depth on the surface of the epidermis. Synonym: sulci cutis, skin grooves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteosis cutis | osteoma cutis |
| tuberculosis cutis | Pathologic lesions of the skin caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Synonym: dermal tuberculosis, tuberculosis cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis follicularis disseminata | Dusky-red papules followed by crusting and ulceration primarily on the extremities and predominantly in young adults with a deep focus of tuberculosis or with a history of preceding infection. Synonym: tuberculosis cutis follicularis disseminata, tuberculosis papulonecrotica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis luposa | Cutaneous tuberculosis with characteristic nodular lesions on the face, particularly about the nose and ears. Synonym: lupus tuberculosus, tuberculosis cutis luposa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis orificialis | Any tuberculous lesion in or about the mouth or anus. Synonym: tuberculosis ulcerosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis verrucosa | A tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base seen on the hands in adults and lower extremities in children, with marked hypersensitivity to tuberculous antigens. See: postmortem wart. Synonym: lupus papillomatosus, lupus verrucosus, tuberculous wart, verrucous scrofuloderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leiomyoma cutis | Cutaneous eruption of multiple small painful nodules composed of smooth muscle fibres; derived from arrector muscles of hair. Synonym: dermatomyoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leukaemia cutis | Yellow-brown, red, blue-red, or purple, sometimes nodular lesions associated with diffuse infiltration of leukaemic cells in the skin; the involvement may be diffuse and generalised, i.e., so-called universal leukaemia cutis, or it may be localised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipoidosis cutis et mucosae | <disease> A familial disease occurring in the course of latent diabetes, marked by yellowish nodules due to deposits of a protein-lipid complex on the oral tongue and sublingual and faucial areas, translucent keratotic papillomatous eyelid lesions, keratotic lesions on the extremities, and hoarseness. It is due to a disturbance of lipid metabolism with autosomal recessive inheritance and is frequently associated with intracranial calcifications. inheritance: autosomal recessive. Synonym: hyalinasis cutis et mucosae, lipoidosis cutis et mucosae, Urbach-Wiethe disease. (05 Mar 2000) |