papules or plaques

Description

Papule: a raised, swollen area of the skin < 10 mm in diameter; Plaque: a raised skin lesion or confluent papules > 10 mm in diameter; [Merck Manual, p. 974]

Category

Skin

ICD-9 Code

709.8

ICD-10 Code

L98.8

Medical Subject Heading

Diseases

Diseases associated with this finding or symptom:

• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• African trypanosomiasis
• Anthrax
• Blastomycosis
• Boutonneuse fever
• Brucellosis
• Capnocytophaga infection
• Cat-scratch disease
• Chromomycosis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Cutaneous larva migrans
• Dermatophytosis
• Erysipeloid
• Leishmaniasis
• Lyme disease
• Monkeypox
• Mycobacterium marinum infections
• Onchocerciasis
• Orf (Contagious ecthyma)
• Plague
• Rat-bite fever
• Rickettsialpox
• Smallpox
• Sporotrichosis
• Tularemia
• Typhoid fever
• Varicella-zoster virus infection
• Viral warts